INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING AND METACOGNITION: THE SCIENCE LEARNING PROCESS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Thinking about the child's cognitive development and that the classroom is an environment that favors learning, and that in that same environment the child learns through social interactions, this research was based on scientific research for the construction of knowledge in Science Teaching, identifying metacognitive skills in the teaching-learning process with students of Early Childhood Education. Initially, for analysis, a literature review was carried out to find themes related to the title of this research, however, the results indicated that no works were found published in the quartet of the keywords Science Teaching, Early Childhood Education, Teaching by Investigation and Metacognition. About the methodology applied, it was based on qualitative research, of a descriptive-interpretative nature, in which in the data collection recordings were made only in audio resource, with subsequent transcription of the students' dialogues, as well as the records (drawings) were collected. produced during the application of two Didactic Sequences (SD). At this time of qualification, 04 classes were considered for analysis (referring to a SD), in which it was proposed that students participate in a story wheel, using the paradidatic book to introduce the subject of colors, and in the following classes an experiment was carried out in an investigative perspective. During this first SD with an investigative focus, the students shared their previous knowledge, trying to solve what had been proposed, in a color mixing activity. As partial results, metacognitive incidents manifested by students during the performance of this investigative activity were observed, revealing the metacognitive potential of the didactic sequence in question. After the qualifying exam, we will identify the metacognitive incidents manifested by Early Childhood Education students, considering all speech shifts.