Avaliação de um coletor solar como Metodologia CTSA no ensino de Física para alunos de Engenharia

Abstract

With the increasing globalization and the improvement of new teaching methodologies, it is increasingly apparent the need to adapt old parameters that permeate the scope of higher education in the country. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to demonstrate the applicability of topics that address the teaching of physics teaching for engineering, such as solar radiation and heat exchanges, from the perspective of Science, Technology, Society and Environment (CTSA) through the use of a solar collector. In the work methodology, an easy-to-prepare collector, of the parabolic type, was used, from which experimental data were collected to verify changes in solar radiation, performed in the city of Acarape-CE, being later compared with scientific data of the region. It was also proposed the application of an interdisciplinary questionnaire, with the purpose of establishing the application of theoretical knowledge in the daily propositions of the students. The results indicate that the solar furnace is an efficient instrument for the study of natural phenomena, and can help in the contextualization of everyday situations and, consequently, in the preparation of full student citizenship in contact with CTSA education.