Teatro científico no ensino de química através da peça cqc - com a química no cotidiano

Abstract

The themes related to science teaching and all its aspects have been an object of interest for a long time by the students of education, dealing with the most varied subjects that involve the teaching of sciences, in particular, teaching Chemistry. Studies in this area aim at a pedagogical intervention on the process of development or learning of the subject, introducing new elements and breaking previous patterns of relationship with the world of people and ideas. Accompanying this process, in the current context, research in Chemistry Teaching stopped focusing only on the "school floor" and expanded beyond its walls, initiating informal teaching. In this there is the concern to teach, but to spread science and attract young people to scientific knowledge. Among the several methodologies created for the dissemination of science is the scientific theater, which joins playful aspects of the performing arts with scientific concepts. In this perspective, the objective of the present work was to create, assemble and stage a scientific play about concepts of Chemistry, entitled CQC (with Chemistry in daily life), and investigate through its scientific-pedagogical contributions the influence of this tool in Teaching Chemistry, using as target audience students and teachers of basic education sciences and undergraduate students of the undergraduate course in Chemistry of the UFC. The essays and the main presentations took place at the UFC-Seara Science museum of science. A questionnaire containing open and closed questions with Likert scale was previously validated and, as the presentations were performed (seven in total for data collection), the questionnaires were delivered to the target audience, followed by a debate recorded between the actors and the audience. Qualitative results were analyzed according to content analysis. The results indicated that the target audience, for the most part, was unaware of the scientific theater and its objectives. The students of Basic Education were able to associate several contents of the Chemistry contained in the piece with the daily life, while the future teachers pointed out that the piece contributes to the contextualization of Chemistry; that it arouses interest in the study of this science and that the proposal to combine theater and Chemistry may be an idea to be articulated in the future exercise of teaching. Science teachers stressed that the piece needs to be taken to schools and that it should be part of teacher training workshops. In general, the piece received a positive recognition and acceptance from the target audience. Based on the results obtained, it was concluded that through this medium of communication it was possible to combine Chemistry with theater in a playful perspective, contributing to the formation of students, teachers and future teachers of Basic Education.