Nanotecnologia e nanociência em livros didáticos de física do nível médio: discursos sobre a tecnologia e a educação científica e tecnológica

In this contribution, we analyze conceptual approaches to nanotechnology and nanoscience in recent issues of secondary education of Brazilian physics textbooks. We analyzed fifteen collections of Physics textbooks of recent editions, however, only two books, belonging to different collections incorporate considerations about nanotechnology and nanoscience in their approaches. We focus our analysis on three aspects, namely: the place dedicated to approaches to nanoscience and nanotechnology, notions about technology and its contributions to critical scientific education. This is a qualitative research; it was used as conceptual approaches the Philosophy of Technology, The Discourse Analysis (DA) and Science, Technology, Society (STS) concepts. We found that in two examined textbooks the approaches to nanoscience and nanotechnology is a complementary description of modern physics, associated with quantum theory. In this context, the concepts of nanoscience and nanotechnology focus superficially in the genesis of the field and some possible areas of applications. It was not identified in all textbooks warnings about the potential risks to human health and the environment from the use of nanotechnology and nanoscience. We understand that textbooks approaches about nanotechnology and nanoscience round a instrumental technological perspective, however keep away from the scientific and technological critical education.

O clima urbano das cidades do interior do estado de São Paulo: uma análise do campo térmico de Assis, Cândido Mota, Maracaí e Tarumã

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

A sociedade midiática e a tecnologia nos parâmetros curriculares nacionais do ensino médio: um estudo à luz da teoria crítica da sociedade

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR

Representando disputas, disputando representações: cientistas sociais e campo acadêmico no ensino de sociologia

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)