Uma abordagem histórico-filosófica da ciência para a construção dos conceitos de trabalho, energia e entalpia: um relato de experiência na formação inicial de professores

Abstract

The present paper has the purpose of presenting and discussing an experiment carried out within the discipline of Science Teaching Methodology of the licentiate course in Biological Sciences of the Federal University of Lavras-MG, in order to understand how alternative teaching methodologies assist in the construction of knowledge and consequently in the citizenship formation of the students. Besides that, it is important to search and discuss the initial training of science teachers for basic education. The practice was based on the Historical and Philosophical Context of Science for the construction of the Energy concept, through the pedagogical strategy of a group dynamic. At the end of the practice students were asked to do a written evaluation that was later analyzed using the qualitative research methodology. Theresults show that the pedagogical methodology adopted allows in a democratic and harmonic way the appropriation of the Energy concept and its relation with the concepts of Work and Enthalpy.