CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO E EXPERIMENTAÇÃO DE CONTEÚDOS QUÍMICOS POR MEIO DE MEDICAMENTOS ANTIDEPRESSIVOS E ESTABILIZANTES DE HUMOR

Abstract

The contextualization and experimentation in chemistry teaching are used to bring the scientific contents closer to the students' daily knowledge, prevailing those methods or characters that motivate this connection. This work investigated how the contextualization and experimentation methodologies related to the mental health theme provide an improvement of the students 'knowledge regarding the mental disorders associated with the themes, in order to support the participants' ethical-critical training. About 56 students were involved in the research: Group 1 - 3rd year A - Informatics Technical (22 students), Group 2 - 3rd year B - Agriculture Technical (12 students) and Group 3 - 3rd year C – Chemistry Technical (22 students) in Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Iporá - Goiás, aged between 16 and 19 years. The activities were developed based on Delizoicov's Three Pedagogical Moments: 1) Initial Problem (application of the initial questionnaire to survey participants' previous knowledge); 2 °) Knowledge Organization (theoretical exposition of the theme and approach of the main influences for students' day); and 3 °) Knowledge Application (execution of the experimental class and application of the final questionnaire). In the various conceptions raised by the students, it was possible to notice that the activities performed were considered positive in the learning of new concepts and information applied to the theme, especially when related to medicines used to treat depressive disorders and depression. The study allowed the participants to advance in the structuring of scientific knowledge, especially when related to chemical and chemical substances of drugs and ways of elucidation of drugs.