ENSINO DE QUÍMICA NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA ATRAVÉS DA FABRICAÇÃO DE SABONETES ARTESANAIS

Abstract

The present work deals with a study on the teaching of chemistry in basic education through the manufacture of handmade soaps. This research aimed to demonstrate the importance of the insertion of experimentation, through the production of handmade soaps, as a practical model of experience and awareness, aiming at a better practice in the development of teaching-learning chemistry. The research was carried out in the no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano, Campus Morrinhos, in three classes of third year of the technical education integrated to the high school and consisted in the accomplishment of a practical activity of manufacturing of handmade soaps and application of two questionnaires, before and after the accomplishment of the practical activity. We realized that students still have difficulty learning the content of chemistry, because the portion that knew how to correctly answer the questions about chemical concepts was small. Greater student engagement and the insertion of methodological tools are indispensable to improve the scenario of basic education in Brazil. It requires commitment from the parties involved so that the results are positive. By means of the answers given in the questionnaires and by the behavior in the practical class, of the majority of the students, we verified that the experimentation contributes yes, significantly in the learning, in addition to motivating in fact the student to want to learn. We conclude that in addition to the expository method that teaches the theory, it is of great relevance the insertion of methodological tools such as experimentation, to form a process of added value to the teaching learning of chemistry.