Destilando o som do texto: uma proposta de audiolivro na formação de professores de química

Abstract

Not always considered an important subject, the history of science has, in recent years, gained great attention in research on the Chemistry Teaching. Evidently in textbooks, this dismay occurs as such contents are brought superficially, or even, as an adornment of the chemical content, in boxes, with out-of-context and punctual biographies. Although many works present the history and philosophy of science as the core for understanding the construction of knowledge, bringing temporal, social and cultural aspects, it is noted that many teachers do not contemplate it in their classes, attributing the formative deficiency as the main justification. In addition, there is a shortage of materials on the subject, which can be an additional factor. With the intention of contributing to teacher education, this dissertation developed an audiobook entitled ‘A Virtude da Alquimia’. This educational object aims to address the influence of alchemy and its philosophy in the history of knowledge construction, especially the distillation processes, with the intention of investigating how the exploration of the theme can provide elements for the teaching of Chemistry. We adopted the qualitative character for the research because it meets our objectives and the research subjects: Chemistry teachers in training. The choice for the audiobook aims at didactic-pedagogical innovation, as well as, to fill the gap of teachers lack of time to study the theme, imposed, above all, by the long working day that prioritizes, the content fulfillment of books in Chemistry classes. Through the questionnaire carried out in the elective discipline ‘Elementos Históricos da Química' in a Chemistry course we can infer that the audiobook elaborated is a tool in the aid of the learning the History of Science. The analysis of the answers presented that the objective of the product and the dissertation to develop an audiobook that narrated historical aspects of alchemy and the distillation process, in addition to showing the acceptance of the material as a tool in the construction of knowledge, was achieved.