Uma proposta de aula investigativa sobre convecção

Abstract

The search for new teaching methodologies has been the target of research in the area of education. The process of teaching / learning science, today, lives a scenario of dissatisfaction and disinterest. Aiming to change this situation, the present work proposes the use of investigative teaching, which is a method that aims to stimulate students to think, question and discuss subjects in the classroom, through problem situations. The objective of this work is to evaluate how investigative teaching can be a tool to motivate and get the students interested in their learning. For that, a thermodynamics lesson planed with an investigative approach was elaborated, so that physics teachers can use it as a base and, thus, can introduce the investigative method in the daily life of their classes. A quiz was also applied to the students in order to evaluate the methodological proposal. The plan and the questionnaire were applied in a high school class, located in a school in the city of Fortaleza. It was possible to observe the active participation of the students in the class and the motivation of the students with the investigative demonstration. The data presented in this paper corroborate the bibliographic references consulted and demonstrate that the objective of the study was reached. Investigative teaching allows to conclude that motivation and interest were present at the time of application, proving that effective teaching can be done through this methodology.