Energia nuclear: mitos e conflitos

Abstract

Shortly before the end of the twentieth century, the dominant perception in the productive sector was that the natural environments were inexhaustible sources of raw materials. However from 1970, begins to take shape the idea that there would be a mismatch between growth and environment, through the awareness that resources are exhaustible. In view of this problem began to take force to search for new energy resources, among which the nuclear energy. This context provided the immersion of fear and mistrust, since the emergence of nuclear energy is linked to production of Arms and serious accidents, the subject viewed as a 'Taboo'. We believe that the democratization and dissemination of science depend on the free movement of ideas and knowledge. Soon the socialization of knowledge concerning nuclear energy is not only a process of reducing the ignorance but a way to understand what the people think about is irrelevant. So we propose a presentation on classroom issues related to topics of environmental education, more specifically focus our attention on discussing the nuclear energy through the construction of a Magazine Comics based on the texts we have built. The choice of presenting this material in the comic book is due to sue playful and seeks to foster the construction of knowledge by students, as apparently this format encourages ownership of the subject by the reader.