THE REMOTE WORK OF SCIENCE TEACHERS IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC
KEYWORDS: Remote teaching; science teaching; continuing education; digital resources.
Science education has undergone several changes throughout history. With society in
constant change, teaching and school require monitoring in their methodologies and
strategies. Teachers are invited to constantly update themselves in order to meet the
demands of this changing society. With the advancement of the new SARS-CoV-2
coronavirus, society was put on alert and measures of social distancing were adopted,
demanding once again that schools in general, develop means to adapt to the new
existing reality, so that they do not if there is a decrease in the bond between the school,
students and families. In this context, measures were taken and remote teaching is being
placed as an alternative to make pedagogical practice viable. The present work arises
from the questioning about how the remote work of science teachers from the public
school network of an elementary school – Final Years is being, in this period of social
distance, arising from the pandemic of the new Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus. It is expected to
understand, which perspectives the teaching class has about this teaching format
adopted urgently, the challenges and consequences for the process of teaching and
learning in the discipline of science. For this explanation we turn to Saviani (2011) to
talk about the purpose of Teaching according to Historical-Critical Pedagogy and to
other authors such as Krasilchik (2000) and Fernandes et.al (2020) to discuss science
teaching. Our research locus was science teachers from an Elementary School - Final
Years and documents that guide the teaching model adopted by the municipality during
the period of stoppage of classroom classes caused by social isolation during the Covid-
19 pandemic. The analysis consists of a qualitative research, based on Creswell (2007),
with an exploratory approach reinforced by Piovesan and Temporini (1995). The results
obtained showed a lack of educational preparation as a whole, considering access,
training and acquisition of technological and digital means for schools, teachers and
students, which compromised learning for a quality science education, aiming at the real
objective of education.