The teaching of electrochemistry is fundamental to promoting an understanding of scientific and technological concepts related to the functioning of electrochemical devices, as well as their social and environmental impacts. However, studies show that the teaching of this subject is challenging for teachers and students and often fails to take into account the social context of such content. This study investig...
In this work, we analyzed the conceptions about context-based teaching and CTSA approach expressed by a high school Chemistry teacher, participant of a training action based on the Oriented Reflection Process (PRO). The teacher developed and applied a teaching sequence, with a CTSA approach. To identify his conceptions about context-based teaching and CTSA approach, we applied open-ended questions, we also reco...
The present paper describes an analysis of the production of STSE- based instructional materials carried out by three chemistry teachers of public high schools of Sao Paulo State (Brazil). These teachers were engaged in a formative process based on guided re flection aiming the construction of instructional material for their classes. Fundamentals of STSE approach were presented and discussed in order to orient...
Socio-scientific Issues can be used as a way to contextualize everyday situations and, through STS teaching, instigate the student to think, reflect and act on the themes proposed by the teacher in the classroom, enabling an understanding of their social reality. However, few studies attempt to identify students’ interests in learning about these topics. The objective of this work was to carry out a survey of s...