Aspects of teachers training in the development of Interdisciplinary Rationality Island about the use of homemade cleaning mixes

• Published in: Investigações em Ensino de Ciências Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 221 - 234
• Main Author: Tathiane Milaré
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 01-08-2020
• Subjects: alfabetização científica e tecnológica; ensino de ciências; licenciatura em química
• ISSN: 1518-8795
• DOI: 10.22600/1518-8795.ienci2020v25n2p221

This paper aims to identify and analyze aspects of teacher education contemplated in the development of an Interdisciplinary Rationality Island (IRI) in a degree course in Chemistry. The IRI is a methodological proposal that contributes to the process of Scientific and Technological Literacy of the participants and develops from a problem situation. In the case considered in the analysis, the problem situation involved the use of homemade cleaning mixes. Field notes of the researcher teacher, the final product and the textual production of the undergraduates were submitted to a Discursive Textual Analysis. It was found that aspects related to epistemology, the history of science and the technological thinking needed to be deepened in the discussions during the IRI. The experience provided the undergraduates with reflections on the construction of knowledge and the possibilities of using the methodology in the classroom in order to promote a chemical education more committed to the citizen formation.