Química dos medicamentos: proposta de sequência didática

Abstract

Faced with the large production of medicines, a series of problems arise regarding environmental contamination and public health. Questions such as: what are the dangers of self-medication? How to properly dispose of expired or leftover medication? What is the difference between generic, similar and reference drugs? And how do organic functions, as curricular content, connect to everyday reality? In this regard, it is quite appropriate to use the theme Chemistry of Medicines as a generator of educational activities that contribute to an education focused on the aspirations of contemporary society, forming a subject who observes, reflects, understands and uses the languages of science to rationalize about the demands of everyday life and, consequently, make the right decisions. The present work reports the proposal of the teaching sequence involving the theme Chemistry of Medicines with activities that articulate conceptual, procedural and attitudinal contents that relate science, technology, society and environment, and provide the development of competences and abilities in the domains of representation and communication, research and understanding, and sociocultural contextualization.