Abordagem cordial de conceitos químicos: razão e emoção para construção de um ensino de Química mais humanizado

Abstract

In the 21st century, Teaching and Learning methodologies used in Science classes are still predominantly traditional, with students being placed as passive subjects and not reflective about the process. With the intention of overcoming these characteristics of uncritical teaching, content and disseminator of prejudices, we defend a school model that seeks to value Education in Human Rights. However, for that, it is necessary to have the formation, initial and continuous, of teachers of Science who are concerned with the formation of people beyond the scientific contents, seeking to stimulate critical reflection and the discomfort with social injustices. One of the possibilities we see for this is the elaboration of Didactic Strategies based on Cordial Content, that is, science content pedagogized from Human Rights Education that seek to merge reason and emotion. In view of the above, the present text seeks to work with the relationship between Chemistry Teaching and Human Rights Education, within the scope of initial and continuing education, considering the elaboration of didactic strategies based on cordial contents. For this, we set the objective of analyzing the understanding of Chemistry teachers, in initial and continuing education, about the work with the relationship between the teaching of scientific content and Education in Human Rights. Initially, we developed and applied a training mini-course for students of the Programa de Residência Pedagógica of the Degree in Chemistry and, at another time, for students of the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino das Ciências (PPGEC), both from the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, approaching the cordial contents and ways of working with them in the classroom, with emphasis on didactic sequences, STS-art didactic sequences and pedagogical workshops. The participants produced proposals at the end of each action, which were analyzed using an instrument containing the following criteria: 1) Structure and Organization; 2) Theme, Context and Content; 3) Methodology. For each criterion, we classified the proposals as Sufficient, Little Sufficient and More than Sufficient. It was possible to observe, during the process of analyzing the proposals, that the students had a good involvement with the cordial contents. However, we understand that we still have a long way to go when it comes to training teachers and teachers who approach Human Rights Education and Science Teaching.