This paper presents the results of a study whose aim was to analyze the use of the movie Radioactive both as a vector for popularizing science and as a didactic resource for discussing the sociological aspects of the ...

This dissertation presents a study of the development and evaluation of a didactic sequence in a STS approach to teaching the subject radioactivity in the teaching of Chemistry. The elaborated didactic sequence contemplated ...

The paradigm of the traditional teaching method is still very evident in the pedagogical practices of some teachers in the classroom. This situation has not contributed satisfactorily to the scientific learning of the ...

Practices involving the memorization of names and formulas prove to be ineffective in order to promote a chemistry education relevant to the life of the student. Therefore, the use of audiovisual resources, including films ...

We present the results of a survey that analyzes the perceptions of a group of students about nuclear power plants and atomic waste. That is an excerpt from the largest project culminating in a master's thesis by the first ...

Whereas Chemistry a discipline that is extremely important with the scientific environment, it is important to know its importance with respect to the development of human knowledge, which is mutually driven by the rationality ...

This research uses the comics from the series “Watchmen” and “Before Watchmen Dr. Manhattan” as a base to teach physics with and enphasis on STS, considering the interdisciplinarity of the sequential arts, which on the ...

Teaching physics must enable students to interpret the world from the sciences point of view, managing concepts, physics laws and scientific theories, while at the same time developing aspects inserted in their daily lifes, ...