WHAT CITIZENSHIP ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A LITERATURE REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE EDUCATION WITH A PERSPECTIVE ON TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP

ABSTRACT:

Considering the recurrent attacks on the democratic rule of law and scientific knowledge, the present work is characterized as a literature review that intends to investigate how Science Teaching has treated the citizenship education. Starting from theoretical discussions that differentiate citizenship and citizen models according to contemporary political theories, 64 articles published in national journals of Qualis A1, A2 and B1 were analyzed. The results show a discursive plurality - despite the scarcity of approaches that consider the polysemy of the concept of citizenship - and point to the favoring of liberal and socializing democratic models to the detriment of partipatory proposals. Investigations in the scope of Basic Education predominate, which portray the strong presence of political liberalism, and a possible difficulty in the area in conceiving scientific disciplines as elements for overcoming inequalities and the search for social justice is highlighted.

Keywords:
Science Teaching; Citizenship; Democracy; Policy