Física no corpo humano: uma abordagem temática no ensino do eletromagnetismo

Abstract

This work aims to expose the research that elaborated an educational proposal to approach electromagnetism with association between physics and human body, considering assumptions of didactic transposition. A bibliographical survey was made of articles, theses and dissertations that justify the thematic approach in physics teaching. The relationships between electromagnetism and biology are used as acontextualizing principle that brings more meaning to the learning process of an adolescent in the final year of high school. After approval by the Ethics and Research Committee of UTFPR, this teaching proposal was applied to the students of the 3rd year of High School in a state school in Paraná. This descriptive research evaluated the hypothesis that the teaching of physics, from the thematic approach "human body", brings a more contextualized practice, and has the potential to arouse more student interest in the study of this discipline. A printed didactic material was prepared for an intervention that was held in the classroom, in two periods. Such material brought the possibility of relating subjects studied in physics classes, such as electric current and capacitors, making connections with human anatomy and physiology, also addressing the technologies developed from this relation and used in medicine, for example. The production of this text allowed an approach that motivated the student to study physics, with a context close to their daily life and with interdisciplinary potential, integrating not only those who self-evaluate themselves as sympathizers of the exact sciences.