Educação em espaços não formais a produção de roteiro científico para o mercado do Ver-o-peso

Abstract

The knowledge does not take place exclusively at school. The educative non-formal spaces have been established as complementary environments that promote different teaching practice. This work aimed to answer the following research question: how did students, future teachers arrange the local spaces and relevant knowledge to produce scientific guides as a significant resource for science education? The research has a qualitative approach, in the form of research-action. Therefore, we choose the guide "Ver-o-Peso and medicinal plants". The theme “medicinal herbs” represented the central aspect of the guide; however, students chose to use the internet as an information source, rather than use the knowledge of herbalists to describe the medicinal properties of herbs sold in the Ver-o-Peso. If they had appealed to the knowledge of herbalists, they could be able to verify the medicinal properties attributed with the scientific literature, in order to support the acquired knowledge or discuss the possible inconsistencies, which would give more originality to the guide. Nevertheless, this does not apply to a perfect scenario. In general, the guide analysis revealed the limited autonomy of students, about authorship. Keywords: Education in non-formal spaces. Scientific guides. Ver-o-Peso. Science education.