A experimentação no ensino de química: reflexões a partir dos trabalhos da RASBQ E EDEQ

Abstract

The objective of this work is to discuss what the researchers in the area of teaching of chemistry has discussed the matter of experimentation in chemistry teaching for students of the middle level. The research was conducted through the analysis of the published RASBQ and (Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society) and the EDEQ (meeting of debates about the teaching of Chemistry), in the period from 2002 to 2011. This research is quantitative, being that the study consisted of the systematization of the information by means of tables indicating: total number of jobs in the events of 2002 to 2011; institutions most cited; the total number of jobs by keyword, most cited authors, thematic focus and conceptual Core of each year for both events. The research has highlighted that the majority of studies presented as thematic focus Learning and Teaching with approximately 2.3% in EDEQ and 1.54% in RASBQ facing the Middle School. In conceptual focus we had the majority of work in respect of the research in the area of experimentation directed toward higher education. In both events a total of 68 publications. By analyzing these jobs, we raised the hypothesis that the authors are more concerned with the teaching-learning the average level, and pass to discuss this theme in initial and continuing training. It is only a hypothesis, because the confirmation would be possible only through qualitative analysis of publications.