CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOK FROM THE FINAL YEARS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR TIMES OF PANDEMIC
Pandemic, Textbook, science teaching.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other pandemics experienced by the global population, and its increases in different fields of society, specifically in education, taking into account one of the main pedagogical resources in the classroom, the textbook. The present research had as general objective: to analyze what and how the contents of the Science textbook, for the final years of Elementary School, can contribute to the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic. To develop the work, the collection Araribá Mais Ciências was analyzed, made available by PNLD, provided to schools in the municipal networks of Penedo - AL, covering the years 2020 to 2023. finals. As a documentary research, with a qualitative approach using the content analysis of Bardim (2016), in which clippings from textbooks were analyzed, along with tables that highlighted the educational approaches to ascertain the object of study. By making a link between educational and social contexts, the research is based on the assumptions of the pedagogy of freedom, according to Paulo Freire's ideologies. With the research, it was possible to emphasize the importance of the textbook and class planning to work on the generative theme, pandemic. Emphasizing that, the 6th grade book presented the theme indirectly, through the didactic orientations directed to the teacher. The 7th year was the one that provided the most knowledge regarding research, as it studied the classification of living beings. The 8th year book also brought its contribution to the theme, with the study of the immune system. The 9th grader, on the other hand, did not present a link to the central question of the research. In general, the collection makes them with the pandemic theme, but it should explore a little more with regard to the content and its didactic approach, since the school has a key role in the propagation of scientific knowledge in particular, with regard to public health .It is hoped that the research will open the way for future works that bring the importance of Science to the health of society, emphasizing the importance of the textbook as well, because even with the technological era, this pedagogical resource still assumes a fundamental role for teachers and students. And that it will also bring reflections for the Science teacher, regarding the resources and pedagogical aspects used in the classroom.