摘要：In this paper a methodological experience is analyzed in exploratory nature, developed in short course promoted in Brazilian Chemistry Education Conference. The purpose of such activity was to rescue the views and beliefs that participants, pre-service and in service teachers, have about science and the scientific work and thus lead to reflection on the subject during the activity, by using previously selected images. The analysis of the accounts of the images evidenced that the common views already highlighted in research on the nature of science still occur with some frequency, conceptions that may limit the way of understanding of the teaching of science. The activity showed satisfactory the extent that provided moments of discussion and reflection on the subject, which may assist participants in their future educational activities.
