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A polissemia da palavra “Experimentação” e a Educação em Ciências

2017; Volume: 39; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21577/0104-8899.20160087

2175-2699

Rafael Cava Mori, Curvelo Antonio Aprigio da Silva,

Chemistry Education and Research

This paper analyses the polysemy of the word experimentation, in the context of Science Education, according to the philosophy of language expressed in works of the Bakhtin's Circle.After discussing the concepts of theme and meaning as defined by Voloshinov, a survey of empirical data is presented, consisting of meanings of the word experimentation, and of derived words, as recorded in dictionaries.It is suggested from the survey a structure for the concept of experimentation composed by three semantic areas whose contents contribute to the meaning of the word.A brief historical study shows how these semantic areas are filled by different contents along the trajectory of science teaching.Finally, given the historicity of this structure, which is proposed for the concept of experimentation, some possibilities for future studies are suggested, addressing the relations between experimentation and pedagogical trends (hegemonic or counter-hegemonic).