A DIDACTIC SEQUENCE FOR THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY THROUGH SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CONCEPTUAL PROFILES THEORY
Conceptual Profile, Socio-Scientific Issues, Energy.
The present research proposes to analyze the learning dimension of the Theory of Conceptual Profiles from a didactic sequence structured in Socio-Scientific Questions (QSCs) on the concept of energy. We justify the articulation between the theory of conceptual profiles and the QSCs by the question of the mobilization of learning from the theoretical and methodological aspects of the Theory of Conceptual Profiles, as well as the enrichment and awareness associated with the QSCs. This learning occurs through dialogues, debates, conversations and construction of activities that can provide a more participatory, reflective student, with more critical thinking in the face of controversial situations that involve science, technology and society. In addition, the concept of energy was chosen for this work because it is a term of wide use in Science, because it is a content that is worked on in High School and because it has different meanings and uses in everyday, school and scientific situations. For data collection, we developed and applied a Didactic Sequence in nine moments, which was applied in Chemistry classes, with students from a 3rd year high school class, from the Francisco Madeiros High School Reference School, located in the city of of Garanhuns - Pernambuco. This intervention is centered on approaching the concept of energy and its different contexts in the classroom, to discuss that there is not just a single way of thinking about the concept, but a plurality that runs through the scientific and everyday context, from controversial issues. . The analysis of the previous conceptions, as well as the interview, the debates and the productions of the students showed the emergence of the six zones of the conceptual energy profile, namely: energy as something spiritual or mystical, functional/utilitarian energy, energy as movement, energy as something material, energy as the causal agent of transformations and energy as a quantity that is conserved. However, the areas that were not scientific predominated more in the analysis of the questionnaires and the interview, in the other analyzes there was the emergence of all areas. We also noticed the relationship between the ways of thinking used to discuss the QSCs and the establishment of aspects related to the work with such issues, thus allowing the debate on the controversy and the need for decision making on the part of the students. In other words, the consideration of contexts other than the scientific one can help in the reflection on the socio-scientific and technological relationships in the classroom.