Uma exposição científica para se apaixonar pela química: do planejamento à avaliação

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the students' perception of the objects of a scientific exposition, as well as the role of these objects in the interpretation of the expository set, investigating the possible learning obtained by these students. It sought to interconnect science and art, in a more holistic conception of education, working as a poem with scientific symbologies and words for the production of meanings. The research was based on the planning, execution and evaluation of an exposition carried out with 28 students from the second period of Degree in Chemistry of the Federal University of Arapiraca. Field observations and questionnaires answered by the participants were used to collect data. From this, it was investigated how the exposition altered the initial perception / interpretation of the poem and what learnings were noticed. The results showed a good reception of the exhibition and the objects produced. They also revealed an improvement in the interpretation of the poem by the visitors from the exhibition set. The exhibition allowed us to work with five stations with exhibition objects and a video, all elaborated by the researcher to find other ways of approaching conceptual content, different from more traditional teaching practices. The evaluation of the objects had a direct relation with its interpretation, as well as the possibility of generating authentic experiences.