Some aspects related to the teaching and learning of radioactivity in national and international journals

Abstract

This study investigated a number of aspects related to the teaching and learning of radioactivity in national and international science education journals between 1990 and 2012. Categories available in the literature were established a priori for analysis of the articles. Two research tendencies were identified: proposal of didactic material/proposal and analysis of didactic strategies that included analogies, models, games or didactic modules; and alternative concepts of the students/analysis of didactic textbooks. In the first case, the study suggests the need for professors at different teaching levels to have access to the didactic strategies proposed in the journals analyzed, owing to their potential contributions to teaching practices; and in the second case, the restricted number of studies on alternative students? concepts and analysis of radioactivity-related concepts in chemistry textbooks points to the need for research in that area, particularly directed towards undergraduate courses

Keywords

• ensino
• aprendizagem
• radioatividade