Uma abordagem interdisciplinar sobre o spin

Abstract

Inside our complex and multifaceted reality, we try to contextualize the numerous disjointed information we receive and integrate it into a general perception of the world that surrounds us. However, both the production and teaching of scientific knowledge emphasize hyperspecialization, increasingly compartmentalizing knowledge. The result of this process is the formation of individuals who understand isolated fragments of reality without the ability to interconnect them. In this context, interdisciplinarity emerges with the proposal of overcoming fragmentation and establishing relationships between knowledges. The present work begins by presenting the origins and definitions of interdisciplinarity, highlighting its importance within the oficial documents of Brazilian education. In the following chapters, we will take the electron spin as na object of interdisciplinary study, contextualizing its discovery and bringing its main applications in technology. In the final chapter, the results of interviews conducted with public school teachers in Fortaleza-CE are presented to analyze how the spin is approached by them in the classroom, and to investigate their conceptions about interdisciplinarity. Finally, a brief analysis of chemistry textbooks for examine how the concept of spin is embedded in them. The main objective of the work is to provide a knowledge base that helps the secondary level teacher to develop na interdisciplinary approach to spin.