Elaboração de textos como metodologia didática baseada no enfoque Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) no ensino de Química

Abstract

The CTS philosophy (Science, Technology and Society) proposes to reframe concepts in Science Education. Thus, there is a need to develop new teaching practices, in the current Brazilian education, where there is still a prevalence of being a content writer. CTS seeks citizen training for a participatory posture in society, such as political training in the social context, since, through discourse and action, men are able to manifest themselves among themselves. Thus, the students under the teacher's mediation made up a fictional story, but which imitated reality at all times. Where we take as a basis the foundation of two German philosophers: Hannah Arendt (in the theory of action) and Friedrich Schiller (the need for an aesthetic education). A methodology was developed based on CTS education through textual production so that students could behave as authors and social actors, for future daily initiatives. The elaboration of each text was done in pairs, totaling sixteen letters between classes in an equivalent way (eight cards in class 3001 and eight in class 3002). These letters represented the writing of a character with his particular interests in the scientific and technological aspect of society. The plot circulated around a pesticide company to Divinfruts. Through these texts in the form of letters, students communicated with each other through characters that made up this story, both in debates and in theater performances. Thus, this methodology became relevant in the school space by establishing mechanisms for participants to place themselves as masters of their actions. The history of fiction has given rise to new ways to deal with topics of social interest. In this context, students presented a better understanding of the application of Chemistry in their lives.