História da ciência como estratégia didática no ensino médio: um breve olhar de conteúdos da óptica

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Araújo, Breno Cavalcante de
• Orientador(a): Martins, Andre Ferrer Pinto
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências Naturais e Matemática
• Departamento: Ensino de Ciências Naturais e Matemática
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: História da ciência. Natureza da ciência. Ensino de física. Óptica
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: History of science. Nature of science. Physics teaching. Optics
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::MATEMATICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/16100

From a critique of aspects of the current teaching of physics, we propose in this paper an investigation into the conceptions of Nature of Science (NOS) submitted by students from the high school level, as well as the inclusion of discussions about some elements of NOS, through the History and Philosophy of Science, understanding them as facilitating strategy for more effective learning of Physics and, more specifically, the contents of optics. Based on the historical period corresponding to Greek antiquity to the mid-nineteenth century, built and applied a teaching unit to a high school class at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) Ipanguaçu campus. Our teaching unit involved the reading and interpretation of texts with historical content, observation and assembling five experimental activities, among other activities. Data analysis occurred through questionnaires investigative applied before and after the completion of the teaching unit, as well as questionnaires for content present in the texts. Although not significant, the results indicated that the application of the teaching unit allowed the (re) construction of some conceptions about NOS targets students present in our work, and contribute to a better learning content and greater optical science approach and its nature