A influência da linguagem na aprendizagem de conceitos físicos: a contribuição do jogo de tabuleiro “Physicool”

Abstract

The present work is supposed to think Physics as a language and, through a board game, evidencing the relation, on the part of the students, of the words used in the classes of Physics with the daily life of the same ones. We aim to understand the association that the student establishes in front of the knowledge that he own about some scientific terms that he uses. The formulated product for such investigation is a game, entitled by us as “Physicool”. The choice of using a game as methodology is in its capabilities to develop operative skills and promote the interaction and the participation of the students in the classroom. The “Physicool” dynamics reveals that images and words can assume several meanings according to each one experience. This perception is in accordance with Mikhail Bakhtin’s Theory, an influent philosopher of language. The application of the product occurred in two third year classes in high schools of the county of Juiz de Fora – MG and, through them, considerations were performed about the efficiency of the methodology involved, both in terms of the use of games in Physics teaching and the interpretation of the concepts by the students. “Physicool” revealed itself as a stimulating activity for the students. It was noticeable the game capability to support the speak development, the interaction, the thoughtful uses of scientific terms as well the collective learning. The complete game is presented at the ending of this dissertation and can be reproduced by teachers that search for an alternative methodology for approach contents of Science, once it can easily be adapted to the discussion of several concepts. In this work, the central theme is the concept of “Energy” that, although it does not have definition, it is present in all laws of conservation and in practically all the Physics in the curriculum of the High School. Such a choice is justified by the comprehensiveness of the max of terms, beyond let the students comfortable with the game to stimulate the memory, the speaking, the reasoning and, in a certain way, review the concepts used in Physics classes.