scholarly journals Representações sociais dos combustíveis: reflexões para o ensino de Química e Ciências na abordagem CTS

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Ventura Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teacher Researcher ◽  
Free Word

Resumo: Este trabalho, identificado com o paradigma do professor-pesquisador, buscou investigar as representações sociais de estudantes de um curso Técnico em Eletrônica integrado ao ensino médio sobre o tema “combustível”. Além disso, procurou identificar como essas informações podem qualificar o trabalho de professores-pesquisadores de Química e Ciências no contexto da sala de aula, especificamente pensando-se em uma abordagem CTS. As opções metodológicas envolveram a aplicação de um questionário contendo três questões interconectadas, que exploraram: respostas descritivas, associação livre de palavras e expressão através de desenho. A análise de conteúdo dos dados obtidos evidenciou que os alunos entendem os combustíveis como materiais relacionados à Química, sendo uma necessidade social para a produção de energia, em que pesem os problemas ambientais decorrentes de seu uso. Os extratos analíticos também revelaram que o estudo das representações sociais, no âmbito das pesquisas educacionais, viabiliza a explicitação das teorias de senso comum dos estudantes e colabora para o planejamento e a efetivação de uma abordagem pedagógica com viés crítico sobre a sociedade, a tecnologia e a ciência. Palavras-chave: Representações sociais. Combustíveis. Ensino de Química. CTS. SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ON FUEL: REFLECTIONS FOR THE CHEMISTRY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION IN STS APPROACH Abstract: This work, identified with the paradigm of teacher-researcher, sought to investigate the social representations on "fuel" of students belonging to an electronic technical course in integrated high school. Moreover, sought to identify how this information may qualify the work of Chemical and Science teachers-researchers in the context of the classroom, specifically thinking into a STS approach. The methodological choices involved the application of a questionnaire containing three interconnected questions that explored: descriptive answers, free word association and expression through drawing. The content analysis of the data obtained showed that students understand the fuel as related to chemical materials, being a social need for energy production, in spite of the environmental problems arising from its use. Analytical extracts also revealed that the study of social representations in the context of educational research enables the explanation of common sense theories of students and collaborate to the planning and execution of an educational approach with critical bias on society, technology and science. Keywords: Social representation. Fuel. Chemistry teaching. STS.

scholarly journals O núcleo central da representação social de estagiários(as) do curso de Pedagogia/UERN acerca da docência

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (52) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Antônia Maíra Emelly Cabral da Silva Vieira ◽  
Elda Silva Do Nascimento Melo
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Central Nucleus ◽  
Font Size ◽  
The Social ◽  
Central Elements ◽  
Free Word

<p><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 858.995px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.688059);">This study is part of the master’s dissertation entitled “The social representation of interns of the Education course </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 880.995px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.728278);">about teaching” presented to the postgraduate program in Education of the Federal University of Rio Grande </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 902.995px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.719619);">do Norte (UFRN). The research seeks to identify the social representation of interns of the Education course at </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 924.995px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.720607);">UERN about teaching. We present the results of the evaluation of the TALP (Free Word Association Technique), </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 946.995px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.690841);">analyzed in the light of the Theory of Social Representations (MOSCOVICI, 1978) and the Central Nucleus </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 968.995px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.735912);">Theory (ABRIC, 1998) with the help of EVOC software and the technique of content analysis (BARDIN, 2011) </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 990.995px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.704911);">that allowed us to visualize the central nucleus of the social representation of teaching. The results contemplate </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1013px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.673126);">regularities that helped us to perceive that the subjects of the research construct a social representation of </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1035px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.710956);">teaching, rooted in the central elements as: love, dedication, teaching and learning</span>.</p>

scholarly journals Identity, feeling of belonging and collective action in localized agrifood systems. Example of the Serrano cheese in the Campos de Cima da Serra, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carine Pachoud
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Participatory Governance ◽  
Factorial Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Free Word

The study is aimed at linking social representations of identity and feeling of belonging to territory of farmers, to their degree of involvement in collective action within localized agrifood systems (LAS). The study was conducted with producers’ families producing Serrano cheese, in the mountains of the Campos de Cima da Serra, in southern Brazil. Collective action for the valorization of the Serrano cheese relied on the producers’ associations, which are the only form of collective organization. Fifty-four families were selected according to their level of involvement in collective action. First, we used a quantitative approach called the free word association, analyzed by Factorial Correspondence Analysis. Second, we asked closed questions to the producers to assess their feeling of belonging. We showed that the content of the social representation reflected the participation of producers in collective action. Producers who put forward the typicality of the cheese, the territory and their identity, were the most engaged in the associations. On the other hand, producers not involved in associations put forward the difficulties of their activity. In this sense, it appears valuable to encourage discussion between the different producers according to their level of involvement to build common representations that favor collective action for the defense and valorization of the Serrano cheese. Nonetheless, most producers tended to show a high feeling of belonging which could form the basis for discussion. However, collective action in the LAS follows a top-down model led by extension services, in which the producers need to be integrated in a more participatory governance to lead more efficient projects.

scholarly journals Social representations of child and adolescent sexual abuse: A study of juridical professionals

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila de Alencar PEREIRA ◽  
Silvana Carneiro MACIEL ◽  
Dayse Barbosa SILVA ◽  
Luã Medeiros Fernandes de MELO
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Central Core ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Core Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Abuse ◽  
Free Word

Abstract This study sought to identify the structure of legal professionals’ representations of child and adolescent sexual abuse anchored by the central core theory of social representations. The sample included 31 professionals responsible for implementing public policies in relation to victims, their family members, and aggressors. A sociodemographic questionnaire was employed with a free word association task. The resulting data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 21.0 and the R Interface for Multidimensional Analyses of Texts and Questionnaires, respectively. The central core of the professionals’ representations included the terms “violence”, “trauma”, and “grief”; furthermore, they pathologized the abuser, and their representations were anchored by criminological and psychological explanations of sexual abuse. This fragmented view of sexual abuse lacks macroexplanations that address cultural and social factors as well as proposals that involve society as a whole.

scholarly journals Cognitive analysis of the social representations of suicide among hospital emergency professionals

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Saulo Sacramento Meira ◽  
Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela ◽  
Claudia Ribeiro Santos Lopes ◽  
Jeorgia Pereira Alves ◽  
Hernane Borges de Barros Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Cognitive Network ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
Conflict Solution ◽  
Free Word

Objective: to analyze the constitutive contents of the social representations of suicide by health professionals in the emergency department through an analysis of the cognitive network. Method: study based on the Theory of Social Representations carried out with 104 emergency room professionals from a hospital in Bahia, Brazil. A free word association task was conducted using the term suicide enabling the creation of a semantic network that was analyzed using the Cognitive Network Analysis model. Results: this network was composed of 42 vertices (i.e., words evoked by the professionals) and 273 edges (i.e., connections between words), with a mean degree of 13. The representational structure was formed by four dimensions (biological, affective-psychological, social, and religious) that explained the interface between the primary (i.e., central core) terms “despair,” “depression,” “disease,” “sadness,” “death,” “absence of God,” and “family fragility” and the secondary (i.e., periphery) terms “loneliness,” “lack of love,” “weakness,” “emotional distress,” “frustration,” “conflict,” “solution,” “mistake,” “fear,” “non-acceptance,” “anxiety,” “lack of control,” and “kill.” Conclusion: despite the presence of reductionist aspects, the representational structure created by the healthcare professionals of the investigated hospital conveyed the meaning and image of suicide across its multidimensional aspects, favoringchanges in individual and collective practices ...

scholarly journals Young people in oncological treatment during COVID-19: indicators of the social representation of the coronavírus

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Marina Maria Austregésilo Saraiva da Silva ◽  
Cybelle Cavalcanti Accioly ◽  
Ana Paula Amaral Pedrosa ◽  
Stéphanie Maximiano de Azevedo ◽  
Eliane Nóbrega Albuquerque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Oncological Treatment ◽  
Procedural Approach ◽  
Current Period ◽  
The Social

Abstract Objectives: to understand indicators of the social representation of the coronavirus in adolescents undergoing cancer treatment during the COVID -19pandemic. Methods: the theory of social representations was used as theoretical and methodological support in its procedural approach in an exploratory study of a qualitative nature. The free word association technique was used in the application of virtual forms using guidelines of the snowball method. The terms ‘Coronavirus’, ‘Going to the hospital’ and ‘Cancer treatment’ were applied. After that moment, the participants were asked for a hierarchy and justification of the evoked words. Data analysis was based on content analysis and frequency distribution of the content produced. Results: articulations were made on the impacts that the pandemic situation had on the treatment experience of that population. It was identified a character endowed with fear and tension about the elaboration of the reality of these subjects in the current period in face of the inevitability of a hospital scenario that facilitates contamination and facing the immunological vulnerability characteristic of their treatments. Conclusions: the participants constructed different contents of psychological suffering aimed at expressions of fear and insecurity experienced during the pandemic period in the face of assistance in the hospital setting. This study is understood as a contribution to more effective actions in order to adapt the care plan of this population, aiming at future professional interventions.

scholarly journals The principles of the Brazilian Unified Health System, studied based on similitude analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Munhen de Pontes ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Representational Change ◽  
Organizational Principles ◽  
Free Word

OBJECTIVES: to analyze and compare the incorporation of the ethical-doctrinal and organizational principles into the social representations of the Unified Health System (SUS) among health professionals. METHOD: a study grounded in Social Representations Theory, undertaken with 125 subjects, in eight health institutions in Rio de Janeiro. The free word association technique was applied to the induction term "SUS", the words evoked being analyzed using the techniques of the Vergès matrix and similitude analysis. RESULTS: it was identified that the professionals' social representations vary depending on their level of education, and that those with higher education represent a subgroup responsible for the process of representational change identified. This result was confirmed through similitude analysis. CONCLUSION: a process of representational change is ongoing, in which it was ascertained that the professionals incorporated the principles of the SUS into their symbolic constructions. The similitude analysis was shown to be a fruitful technique for research in nursing.

scholarly journals Social Representations of the Coronavirus at the Beginning of the Pandemic in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 422-444
Author(s):  
Aleksandr I. Dontsov ◽  
Olga Yu. Zotova ◽  
Lyudmila V. Tarasova
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Alteration Zone ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Two Stages

The coronavirus outbreak is a global event that has bypassed national borders and affected the entire world. Therefore, examining social representations of can reveal the problems that structure peoples experiences in a particular social context. To identify social representations of the coronavirus, the authors conducted a survey within the territory of the Sverdlovsk region. The survey covered the period from March 11 to May 11, 2020. The data were collected in two stages: at the first stage, there were 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Russia, but no cases had yet been recorded in the Sverdlovsk region; at the second stage, the number of cases reached 1952 in the Sverdlovsk region and 221 344 throughout the country. The study used the word association tests, The Semantic Differential Scale (V.F. Petrenko), The Psychic Activation Assessment Methodology (L.A. Kurgan and T.A. Nemchin) and the questionnaire survey techniques. The findings showed that the significance of the coronavirus problem for the respondents varied in different periods of the pandemic. The core of the social representation is sustainable and coherent. It reflects the results of the media impact: death, panic. It also remains stable regardless of the time and involvement of the respondents in the pandemic. The potential alteration zone serves as a kind of taming of knowledge about the coronavirus, the operationalization of the coronavirus perception content into the language of changes in a persons everyday life - the coronavirus pandemic is understood as a flu epidemic and the need for self-isolation is a vacation, an opportunity to stay at home. Observation of the immediate affective reaction of the respondents to the trigger coronavirus uncovered the presence of emotional tension and the prevalence of negative experiences in them. The survey also showed that in the pandemic, being the main source of information and a means of communication, the media set trends for developing perceptions.

scholarly journals What do we talk about when we talk about participation? Sense of community and social representations of participation

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-328
Author(s):  
Alessia Rochira ◽  
Evelyn De Simone ◽  
Terri Mannarini ◽  
Sergio Salvatore
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Association Task ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Levels

The relationship between sense of community (SOC) and citizen participation has been extensively studied in community psychology. Connecting Social Representations and SOC theory, this study explored the lay meanings of citizen participation and its association with SOC. A word association task and a measure of territorial SOC were administered to 390 participants, and data analyzed to explore the contents of the social representations of citizen participation conveyed by the interviewees and their salience. Results revealed that different levels of SOC were associated with variations in the social representation of citizen participation. Specifically, among high-SOC participants the notion of formal political participation prevailed, while among low-SOC participants a more articulated vision emerged, encompassing social and community participation, and also conventional and non conventional types of participatory behaviors.

scholarly journals Social Representations of Aging and Quality of Life in Riverine Old Age

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-113
Author(s):  
Jefferson Luiz De Cerqueira Castro ◽  
Ludgleydson Fernandes de Araújo ◽  
Emerson Diógenes De Medeiros ◽  
Janari Da Silva Pedroso
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Positive Elements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Probabilistic Sample ◽  
Free Word

This study aimed to compare the Social Representations (SR) of aging and quality of life (QoL) in old age for riparian elderly. This is a qualitative-exploratory study with a non-probabilistic sample. Sociodemographic questionnaires and the free word association technique were used. Participants were 100 elderly, matched for sex, aged 60-89 years (M = 70.08 years; SD = 7.19). The IRaMuTeQ software was used through the prototypical analysis, which provided the representational structure. Negative central elements were observed in the SR of aging and more positive elements in the SR of QoL in old age, which denotes the welfare paradox; that is, positive self-reports of life satisfaction, even in the presence of aging losses.

Commitment to pro- versus counter-attitudinal behavior and the dynamics of social representations

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Tafani ◽  
Lionel Souchet
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Dimensional Model ◽  
Students Attitudes

This research uses the counter-attitudinal essay paradigm ( Janis & King, 1954 ) to test the effects of social actions on social representations. Thus, students wrote either a pro- or a counter-attitudinal essay on Higher Education. Three forms of counter-attitudinal essays were manipulated countering respectively a) students’ attitudes towards higher education; b) peripheral beliefs or c) central beliefs associated with this representation object. After writing the essay, students expressed their attitudes towards higher education and evaluated different beliefs associated with it. The structural status of these beliefs was also assessed by a “calling into question” test ( Flament, 1994a ). Results show that behavior challenging either an attitude or peripheral beliefs induces a rationalization process, giving rise to minor modifications of the representational field. These modifications are only on the social evaluative dimension of the social representation. On the other hand, when the behavior challenges central beliefs, the same rationalization process induces a cognitive restructuring of the representational field, i.e., a structural change in the representation. These results and their implications for the experimental study of representational dynamics are discussed with regard to the two-dimensional model of social representations ( Moliner, 1994 ) and rationalization theory ( Beauvois & Joule, 1996 ).

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