An application of a pedagogical proposal for the construction of scientific knowledge from the refraction of light

A pedagogical application for construction of scientific knowledge from the refraction of light

Abstract

The application of History of Science (HC) contexts in the development of Physics content in High School has made great contributions in teaching-learning. Therefore, the incorporation of HC in Physics classes can motivate students, humanize the subject and attribute to a concept or law, a construction process, often long, which in turn can broaden the vision of realistic scientific work. In this pedagogical practice, we aim to apply historical contexts about the phenomenon of light refraction, which has undergone changes over time, and despite this, the content is often offered in classrooms, as a triviality of nature that was mathematized, discarding much of it. of the construction process. Combined with the HC, we apply a sequence of classes that also intends to extend this broader view of the construction of Science to other contents. After the application of this proposal, the students demonstrated to correctly identify optics concepts, however the simplistic character of the scientific doing, identified, was partially changed, which demonstrates that for a profound change of the paradigms of the scientific doing more interactions are necessary with a vision realistic view of science, although theoretical concepts have been incorporated.