IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN CHEMISTRY TEACHING: planning and teaching practices of chemistry teachers
experimental activity; chemistry teaching; teaching practice;
This research project aims to investigate the contributions of experimental activities to the learning of Chemistry and to understand how these activities are incorporated into planning and teaching practices. The importance of experimental activities in Chemistry Teaching is widely acknowledged in the literature. To approach experimental activities, we consider from several works in the literature that they go beyond an approximation of theory with practice, presenting potential to promote student engagement and learning in discussions about the different meanings attributed to concepts and extrapolating the exclusive dimensions of the laboratory. However, there are reports of obstacles pointed out by teachers to their use and some beliefs are shown, such as the promotion of motivation credited to the use of an experiment in class, with the teacher having a fundamental role in carrying out experimental activities. The research aims to analyze how chemistry teachers understand experimental activities and include these activities in their lesson plans and teaching practice. It adopts a qualitative and exploratory approach, using instruments such as questionnaires, audio and video recordings, and field notes for data collection.