The implementation of an integrated approach of STEM education with real-life scenarios is crucial to motivate students to learn and to better prepare them for real-world challenges, which is a big challenge for teachers. Therefore, there are implications for teaching practice and consequently the need for professional development. This paper presents an integrated approach of STEM education developed in the context of a collaborative professional development programme implemented in an exclusive online context, provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme aimed at providing teachers with knowledge and skills to develop STEM integrated tasks to be implemented in class. This study used a quantitative–qualitative approach to answer the research questions, using mixed methods to collect data. Participants are primary school teachers who participated in the programme during four months in the school year 2020/2021. Based on data collected from questionnaires, participant observation and teachers’ final reports, it was verified that teachers recognized the importance of obtaining training in STEM education and that this type of professional development was very relevant and improved their knowledge and skills to implement STEM hands-on practices in class. In addition, a case study of a science and mathematics 6th grade teacher is presented to illustrate how she implement integrated STEM tasks in class based on a real-world scenario such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, teachers recognized the importance of this approach and that it increases students’ motivation to learn.

The promotion of interdisciplinarity has been gaining prominence all around the world to better prepare students for the real-life challenges of an increasingly demanding society. This study aims to investigate how to promote interdisciplinarity in primary school in the framework of science education. With a qualitative methodology and an interpretative approach, participants are primary school teachers who participated in a collaborative continuing profes

This study presents developments on the professional knowledge needed to implement STEM hands-on tasks by teachers. Research was developed in the framework of a teachers’ professional development programme designed to provide knowledge for them to be capable of implementing this kind of tasks. With a qualitative methodology, we verified that teachers need to attain a specialized theoretical and technical knowledge to develop STEM integrated hands-on tasks and effectively implement them in class.

O presente artigo discute a concepção de Literacia Financeira presente no Programa Internacional para Avaliação de Estudantes da Organização para Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico que foi incorporada aos domínios Leitura, Matemática e Ciências como tema de avaliação a partir de 2012. De maneira descritiva, apresentamos a proposta da organização sobre educar financeiramente os cidadãos de seus países-membros a partir de sua caracterização de educação financeira e Literacia Financeira que norteou a elaboração da avaliação. A materialização da proposta é apresentada a partir da disponibilização pela organização de algumas questões das provas aplicadas nos anos de 2012 e 2015. Nossa análise sobre a temática passa pela reflexão de sua inserção na escola; desse modo, ao invés de tomarmos uma posição sobre o que foi exposto ao longo do texto, optamos por abrir questões que podem lançar mais luz sobre a proposta para professores, pesquisadores e estudantes com interesse no tema.