Science’s teachers training for intercultural dialogue: a case analysis

Abstract:

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study, involving educational interventions with a Biology’s teacher in a public school of the Bahia state, Brazil, after her participation in a continuing training course for Science teachers for intercultural dialogue. Data collected through video recordings and analyzed with the approach designed by Mortimer and Scott (2002). The results show a communicative approach of interactive type of authority allowing the claim that this teacher did not appropriated the proposal of intercultural dialogue presented during the course. It is necessary to carry out continuous teacher training courses for intercultural dialogue within the context and realities of schools where participating teachers work to allow them closer and more prolonged work experiences between academia and school and, consequently, to change their pedagogical practices in this way.

Keywords:
Training of science teachers; Intercultural dialogue; Science education.