THE REFLECTION-ORIENTED PROCESS IN A PRE-SERVICE CHEMISTRY TEACHER AIMING TEACHING BY INVESTIGATION AND SCIENTIFIC LITERACY PROMOTION

ABSTRACT:

This work presents the Oriented Reflection Process experienced by a pre-service chemistry teacher by elaborating, teaching and analyzing a lessons’ sequence based on a teaching by investigation perspective to promote scientific literacy in high school. The results show that the pre-service teacher evolved his initial conceptions presented when he initiated his reflective process’ participation, using theoretical frameworks about teaching by investigation, scientific literacy and cognitive demand of the questions to evaluate his own teaching practice. The results also highlight contributions of the Oriented Reflection Process to the pre-service teacher, since that, with academic orientation, the pre-service teacher could question his own actions and rethink his teacher practice, recognizing difficulties, dilemmas and conflicts.

Keywords:
Teaching practice; Reflective process; Pedagogical proceeding