Cordel and Comic Art literature: a didactic sequence for inserting topics of quantum physics in high school teaching

Abstract

The insertion of topics of Modern and Contemporary Physics (FMC in the Portuguese abbreviation) in high school is a challenge in the current panorama of Physics teaching. In the perspective of collaborating with this debate, we present in this article an alternative didactic sequence, using elements of artistic expression, aiming to help high school teachers in their approach of topics of Quantum Mechanics intended for high school students. The comic book (HQs in the Portuguese abbreviation), entitled The way adventures and debates from the classical atom to the quantum atom, come about basic interpretations of the Planck, Bohr, de Broglie and Schrödinger theories regarding the structure of the atoms. The experience of the application took place in a classroom of the third year throughout the didatic sequence which was inspired by Potentially Significant Teaching Unit (UESP in the Portuguese abbreviation), taking into account principles of cognitive theory of meaningful learning. The results of the experiment were analyzed under a qualitative-quantitative perspective, and indicated a satisfactory progress of the students' resourcefulness, collaborating for the development of an investigative attitude. The students also demonstrated involvement with didactic material, commitment to team work, and, above all, initial understanding of the concepts and phenomena studied. The contextualization of the content as cordel language verses and the illustrations of comics, through the approximation between Art and Sciences, allowed students to think and study Physics from the perspective of creativity, giving more freedom to stimulate the development of the imaginative capacity.

Keywords

• física quântica
• literatura de cordel
• história em quadrinhos
• ueps