Ensino de química para a educação de jovens e adultos buscando uma abordagem ciência, tecnologia e sociedade

Abstract

Educators and researchers have advocated the contextualization approach in Science, Technology and Society (STS), as a guiding principle of education focused on citizenship. The use of the STS approach can contribute to the learning of scientific and technological knowledge and its relationship with society. The objective of this study was to conduct a research on the teaching of chemistry and, from this, develop teaching materials for the Youth and Adult Education (YAE). After conducting a theoretical study of the different approaches in teaching chemistry, it was conducted a survey to chemistry teachers working in adult education on the expectations and challenges of working chemistry with young students and adults. The challenges faced in teaching daily were investigated on the question of the adequacy of the teaching material, opposite the learning difficulties of the students, the teaching guidelines in dealing with content, educational activities, texts presenting themes with approaches contextualized in relation to the production of knowledge, establishing a routine and scientific relationship. To that end, it developed educational materials for the teaching chemistry with the theme water in the STS approach. This educational material was made available for these educators developed an evaluation of the proposal. Educators considered that the material could be used as supplementary material with students of the YAE. Major features considered important by participants were the organization of the material, presenting interesting texts; language accessible to the student and suggestions videos. They were cited several possible uses of the Supplementary Teaching Materials (STM) being completely or some of its units. In chemistry teaching in adult education due to lack of resources and materials, the STM developed using the theme water in a STS approach is a contribution to the YAE.