THE TEACHING SEQUENCE “APOLLO XXII” AS A SCIENTIFIC LITERACY INSTRUMENT: PROBLEMATIZING PHYSICS TEACHING WITH THE “JOURNEY TO THE MOON” BY GEORGES MÉLIÈS
Following teaching. Physics Teaching. Films. Rocket launch. Scientific literacy
Faced with a concern arising from the researcher's professional experience, that is, the difficulty presented by students to understand the curricular contents of the discipline of physics, this study aims to investigate contributions of the didactic sequence "Apollo XXII" to the promotion of scientific literacy of students in physics teaching. Specifically, this study also intends to analyze contributions of the film “Viagem à Lua” by Georges Méliès as a problematizing element of the didactic sequence “Apollo XXII” for the teaching of physics. According to the way of approaching the problem, this study has characteristics of a qualitative research and on the technical procedures, it is a participatory research. The questionnaire with open questions was used as a data instrument, iconographic elements such as the filming of the actions referring to the students' productions, as well as a field diary to support the other instruments. It can be said that the activities provided contact with attributes of skill and scientific-investigative attitude. Such attributes are part of procedural and attitudinal contents, fundamental to the scientific literacy process. One aspect that we cannot fail to mention, in this research, with the application of the didactic sequence “Apollo XXII”, refers to the possibility that this product provides an opportunity to reflect and discuss gender issues in science. Making students reflect on the participation of women as protagonists in science can be a contributory element to the democratization of the scientific enterprise.