This work aims to communicate an innovative educational experience in action, implemented since 2014 (4th year of execution) in a public school in the city of Florianópolis-SC (Brazil). Refers to the project "Learn to Know: Whole Body Search". With an innovative learning methodology for the country's educational standards, it is based on authors of Critical Thinking (Vieira & Tenreiro-Vieira, 2000, 2005), Emancipatory Education (Melo, 2011) and on the assumption that the child engages playfully in the research, in its biopsychosocial entirety. The theoretical foundation is also based on the methodological dynamics of scientific research, adapted to children from 6 to 10 years old (1st to 4th grade), with emphasis on a step-by-step approach developed by the researcher in scientific initiation. Initially, the teacher encourages the child to observe the reality, the facts and the activities of daily life, with brainstorming and other dynamics, subjecting them to a kind of serendipity. After a period of exploration of subjects, each group chooses the theme that will be searched during the year, passing to other phases of scientific research: - formulation of the hypotheses / questions to investigate; - literature review using books, internet searches, field trips, visits to scientific institutions; - planning of strategies for data collection; - response to questions / hypotheses and organization of results; - publication and exhibition at the Science Fair (data analysis and conclusions). The topics researched are the most diverse: Ancient Egypt, Japan, dolphins, theater, body movements, Astronomy, musical instruments, shells, children of the world, etc. Annually about 500 students, 230 families, 40 teachers participate in the project, as well as approximately 30 institutions and many volunteer researchers / consultants. Each year around 40 activities and research projects are developed. Since the implementation of the project, the school has achieved a great change in the quality and results of the teaching-learning process, in which students have become more protagonists and autonomous in the search for knowledge, finding democratic solutions in decision-making. Teachers became more motivated by this process, seeking creative pedagogical solutions to the contingencies and situations-problems of the classroom. At present, a pronounced participation of the families is verified in the pedagogical process and in the management of the school.
Keywords
Critical Thinking. Learning Methodologies. Autonomy. Family Involvement. School Research.
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