Este artigo apresenta um panorama da relação que os professores de ensino médio brasileiros têm com a ciência e a tecnologia, por meio de aspectos como: hábitos informativos relacionados à C&T; imagem da ciência e da tecnologia; percepção sobre os cientistas e sua profissão; percepção acerca do interesse dos jovens sobre a formação profissional/vocações científicas e práticas pedagógicas relacionadas a C&T. Os resultados foram comparados com aqueles obtidos na pesquisa realizada com jovens estudantes brasileiros no âmbitos do projeto Percepção dos Jovens sobre a Ciência e a Profissão Científica, desenvolvido pelo Labjor/Unicamp, em parceria com a rede OEI-RICYT. O questionário semiestruturado foi aplicado de forma virtual e sua base metodológica seguiu a mesma de pesquisas de percepção pública da C&T realizadas há cerca de uma década pelo Labjor/Unicamp, juntamente com outras instituições ibero-americanas. Os resultados apontam uma estreita relação entre o índice de consumo de informação científica dos professores e a prática pelos mesmos de atividades pedagógicas potencialmente capazes de despertar nos estudantes o gosto pela ciência e pelo fazer científico.

This article presents an overview of the relation between high school teachers of São Paulo and science and technology, through such aspects as: S&T information habits; the image of science and technology; views on scientists and their profession; their take on the youths’ interest in professional training and scientific vocations; and pedagogical practices related to S&T. Results were compared to those obtained through the research work carried out by young Brazilian students within the framework of the project Young People’s View On Science And The Scientific Profession, developed by Labjor/Unicamp and OEI-RICYT network. A semi-structured questionaire was applied, using the same methodological basis as the one adopted for S&T public perception research works carried out over a decade ago by Labjor/Unicamp jointly with other Ibero-American institutions. Findings reveal a strong connection between teachers’ scientific information consumption index and their pedagogical practices potentially capable of arising students’ interest in science and scientific activities.

Este artículo presenta un panorama de la relación que los profesores secundarios del Estado brasileño de San Pablo tienen con la ciencia y la tecnología, a través de aspectos tales como: hábitos informativos relacionados a la ciencia y tecnología; imagen de la ciencia y la tecnología; percepción sobre los científicos y su profesión; percepción acerca del interés de los jóvenes sobre la formación profesional y las vocaciones científicas; y prácticas pedagógicas relacionadas a la ciencia y tecnología. Los resultados fueron comparados con los obtenidos en la investigación realizada con jóvenes estudiantes brasileños en el ámbito del proyecto Percepción de los Jóvenes sobre la Ciencia y la Profesión Científica, desarrollado por el Labjor/Unicamp, en conjunto con la red OEI-RICYT. Se aplicó virtualmente un cuestionario semiestructurado con la misma base metodológica ya adoptada en investigaciones de percepción pública de la ciencia y tecnología realizadas hace casi una década por el Labjor/Unicamp en conjunto con otras instituciones íberoamericanas. Los resultados muestran una estrecha relación entre el índice de consumo de información científica por parte de los profesores y la práctica que éstos realizan de actividades pedagógicas potencialmente capaces de despertar el gusto por la ciencia y el quehacer científico en los estudiantes.

OBJECTIVES: The dissemination of health-related news through newspapers can influence the behavior of patients and of health care providers. We conducted a study to analyze the characteristics of health-related research published by two leading Brazilian newspapers. METHOD: We retrospectively evaluated health-related news published in the electronic versions of the newspapers Folha de São Paulo and O Estado de São Paulo over a period of three months (July through September, 2009). Only articles mentioning medical research were included. The articles were categorized according to topic, source, study location and the nature of the headline. We also analyzed the presence of background information on the topic, citations of medical periodicals, national contextualization and references to products or companies. RESULTS: Scientific research articles corresponded to 57% and 20% of health-related articles published by Folha de São Paulo and O Estado de São Paulo, respectively. Folha de São Paulo published significantly more articles about national studies, and most articles were written by its own staff. In contrast, most articles in O Estado de São Paulo came from news agencies. Folha de São Paulo also better contextualized its reports for Brazilian society. O Estado de São Paulo tended to cite the name of the periodical in which the study was published more frequently, but their articles lacked national contextualization. CONCLUSION: The results showed a significant difference in the way in which the studied newspapers report on health-related research. Folha de São Paulo tends to write its own articles and more frequently publishes the results of national research, whereas O Estado de São Paulo publishes articles that originate in news agencies, most of which have little national contextualization.