Avaliação em ensino de química: um estudo de caso

Abstract

The present work describes a research proposal of evaluation of the learning in the scope of the teaching of Chemistry, through a case study. More specifically, will be analyzed the evaluation process of a professor of the Federal Institute of Paraná, unit Londrina, that works with classes of Chemistry of the Integrated Technical Course to High School. The established objectives are to investigate in the teacher's practice, object of study, evidence of evaluation as a learning opportunity and discuss possibilities for the use of evaluation tools in this perspective. The study was qualitative and included observations of classes, interviews and field monitoring, in order to observe episodes that illustrate the diversity of teacher instruments and actions, as well as follow the preparation, application, correction and devolution of a test. As main results, we point out indications of evaluation as an opportunity for learning in the evaluation practices of the teacher, identified from three perspectives: teacher conceptions regarding evaluation, instruments used and teacher actions.