Citizen Science In The Classroom: a Proposal for a Didactic Sequence on Arboviruses and its Challenges of Public Perception

Abstract

This work was born with the aim of offering elementary school teachers II, sixth and seventh years a way of approaching content related to arboviruses, in this case dengue, seeking to develop skills that start from the phenomena that occur in the school environment, and later, from the surrounding community. The Didactic Sequence presented throughout this unit is linked to the fundamentals of didactics in science education, but in addition, it uses two theoretical bases to defend the significance of this instrument. Among these bases are Antoni Zabala's assumptions and his linear and reasoned construction for the formulation of an SD, as well as the interference of citizen science in the potential investigation of dengue cases that occurred in certain Brazilian regions. The following work presents such theoretical references with the aim of disseminating a pedagogical strategy that can collaborate with the active participation of students and teachers, in actions that allow public perception and engagement in the formulation of data and verification of scientific results.