Ensino de química na EJA na perspectiva CTS: uma proposta metodológica a partir da automedicação

Abstract

The teaching of Chemistry for the Education of Young and Adults (EJA), must be worked in a differentiated way in relation to the regular education, due to the specificity of the modality. From this, the research presents as a methodological proposal on the subject of self-medication, in the approach Science Technology and Society (STS) can contribute to teach Chemistry in the EJA, considering the specificity of the public of this modality. To do so, it aims to identify, analyze proposals aimed at this modality, develop a sequence of classes from the subject of self-medication for the teaching of Chemistry in the EJA in the STS perspective, evaluate the development of the sequence of classes and present a Notebook of Pedagogical Guidelines. The theme proposes to discuss the main health situations and / or problems faced by people, especially those students of the EJA from this subject, working the content in a contextualized way, also to identify the contribution of this subject in the teaching of Chemistry. As well as collaborating in the discussion and reflection, valuing the construction of scientific knowledge and the daily life of the subject for decision making, and also preparing the student to question, participate and collectively build responses to social problems. Based on the qualitative approach, research is characterized as action research. The interlocutors involved in this research were the research professor of the chemistry discipline and 18 students, aged between 19 and 34 years, from a chemistry class of the EJA, at night, of the CEEBJA Professor Laís Miqueloto, in the city of Curitiba – PR. The study in the college was developed in the first half of 2016. For the data collection, multiple triangulation was used from the conversation wheel, questionnaire, filming, researcher's records, student records and the production of a set of papers generated during the application Of the methodology, with the purpose of analyzing the students' answers on the subject. Being that these constituted the corpus of the research, in which the Discursive Textual Analysis (DTA) was used. From DTA, a priori categories can be generated, and after analyzing the data collected from each instrument the possible emergent categories. From the analysis, it is considered that through the sequence of classes addressing the subject of self-medication can contribute with the methodological proposals focused on this modality of teaching, since it allowed the appropriation and contextualization of knowledge through the STS approach, Contribute significantly to the understanding of scientific knowledge and its interrelationships with society and technology. The results obtained can be a starting point for future research, in order to improve student training and contribute to decision making and to be able to comment on aspects of daily life. After analyzing the data generated with the use of the instruments, a Pedagogical Guidelines Book was developed as the final product of the research, which is a mandatory item in the professional master's degree.