Critical reading of scientific dissemination texts from a freireana perspective
Media; critical reading; freirean perspective; Acronym CRITIC
The present work studies the critical reading of information with scientific content about food, conveyed in the media in science education from the acronym CRITIC instrument developed by Bartz (2002), in contrast to the perspective of Paulo Freire on critical reading for the formation of the citizen. In the construction, two activities were applied, with students from the food technical high school of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte - IFRN, Currais Novos Campus. The intervention had three moments: before reading (analysis of images and title), during reading (reading of the complete news with the help of a script based on the acronym CRITIC) and after reading (reading of clippings of the original article that originated the news). In order to implement characteristics of the freirean perspective of critical reading, we used, in the application of the second activity, texts of scientific dissemination, propagated on the internet, with themes related to the students' context and local reality; and we implemented a 4th moment for the rewriting of the news. Each activity moment was followed by a debate to socialize ideas and opinions. After analyzing and reflecting on these activities, we suggested a proposal of critical reading activity in the light of freirean thought, replacing the acronym CRITIC by the generating questions, based on FREIRE (2011). Regarding the use of the acronym CRITIC, we highlight its importance in critical reading activities; however, in our work, we identified contrary directions with the perspective of critical reading in the light of Paulo Freire in relation to the fundamentals of student's world context and dialogue, essential in Freirean pedagogy. We emphasize that the reading of texts with scientific content disseminated in the media can contribute positively to the formation of criticality.