É POSSÍVEL ENSINAR BIOFÍSICA COM OS SUPER-HERÓIS? UM ESTUDO ENVOLVENDO FICÇÃO CIENTÍFICA E PROCESSOS DE APRENDIZAGEM NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA

Abstract

Even in the face of innovations in teaching, when we enter a classroom of basic education and question about the taste of students for the subjects of "Exact Sciences", it is likely that many will manifest themselves with disinterest in Physics. In this sense, this work had as objective to propose the use of superhero films as methodological tools to aid the learning process in biophysics classes. We provide and describe scenes or sequences of superhero scenes selected to be used to exemplify and problematize concepts of Physics and or Biology, aiming to make classes more attractive and closer to the students' reality. The analysis of the films was preceded by a wide research on which films could serve as a pedagogical resource. The presence of excerpts or scenes that contained a wealth of potentially exploitable scientific content here in the classroom, both as a demonstration and as a problematizer. To guide the evaluation of the films, we watched the feature films and pre-selected the scenes with the potential to be explored and contextualized. Then we elaborated different proposals for activities that could be developed within the Physics/Biology classes, considering the theory of multiple intelligences proposed by Haward Gardner. We believe that this study can be useful for expanding students' interest in Physics, in addition to demonstrating that it is possible to teach Biophysics with superheroes. However, given the pioneering nature of this study, further investigations will be useful to complement the current findings, especially to assess how much these tools contribute to the teaching and learning process in basic education.