Jornada na cooperação: uma proposta didática para ensinar Relatividade Restrita no Ensino Médio

Abstract

The concepts of Quantum Mechanics and Restricted Relativity Theory have become increasingly present in society, whether through technology, the media or scientific dissemination, making their teaching in schools necessary for the objectives presented in the National Curricular Parameters can be achieved. On the other hand, in general, the teaching of Physics in High School has occurred in an excessively content and prioritized the approach of Classical Physics, which dominates the curriculum, and Modern Physics has a small participation. In this context, the present work had as its objective the elaboration and presentation of a didactic proposal using Cooperative Learning to teach Theory of Restricted Relativity in High School, besides the application of this proposal in a public high school in Fortaleza, Ceará. The methodological strategy used was based on bibliographical and documentary research and on the qualitative-quantitative analysis of the products obtained through the implementation of the pedagogical proposal in seven classes. The results indicated that the proposal can be a good method to present the subject of Restricted Relativity for students, since the spaces of discussion provided by Cooperative Learning were very important for the argumentative construction of the students and for a better understanding of them in relation to the concepts of time and space in relativistic optics.