Abstract
Many authors legitimize the scientific research teaching because of its potential to promote the construction of scientific knowledge by the student. A scientific research process involves factors and skills like making observations, proposing hypotheses, the use of tools for collecting, analyzing and interpreting data, proposing answers, explanations and reporting results. Allchin (2013) has studied a way to articulate the scientific research, teaching and nature of science and his studies focus on how teachers must develop skills to teach nature of science (NOS). In this work, we discuss about the specificities of scientific research activity made in the NOS perspective at the Museum of Microbiology of Instituto Butantan. The way these elements are organized shows what the limits and usage potentials these methodologies in non-formal teaching spaces are.
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