Socio-Scientific Issues in Didactic Books of Elementary Science: What Are the Goals?

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In this article, we discuss the approach and the objectives of Socio-Scientific Issues in the content of textbooks of Science in Elementary School II. Thus, we analyze the structure of the works and the objectives: i) relevance, ii) motivation; iii) communication and argumentation; iv) analysis and v) understanding. It is about a documentary research of a qualitative approach, the data were analyzed through the Discursive Textual Analysis of the authors Roque Moraes and Maria do Carmo Galiazzi, published in 2007, by the publisher of UNIJUÍ/ RS. It was possible to identify that the Socio-Scientific Aspects are present throughout the texts of the chapter and in extra sections, boxes and text boxes, contemplating different objectives. In this context, the objectives presented in the excerpts made it possible to identify the potentialities of the Socio-Scientific Aspects approaches in the process of critical formation of students, as well as, in the development of discussions about the impacts of science and technology in society.