LUDO NEWTON-HUYGENS: A PLAYFUL PROPOSAL FOR THE TEACHING OF OPTICS IN HIGH SCHOOL
Teaching-learning; optics; pedagogical instrument; light; game.
The difficulties in teaching Physics in Brazil are closely related to the methodologies adopted for this purpose. Among the different strategies through which learning can take place, in the teaching of Physics in Brazil, the most used is the traditional method through classes in the form of an expository monologue. In this scenario, the present work sought an alternative way of teaching, which could not only complement the pedagogical practices of the classroom in a constructive way, as well as raise social and cognitive skills useful to the teaching-learning of Physics. In order to do so, we systematically examine psychopedagogical theories of teaching and learning, the empirical foundation of educational recreational activities and also educational products of the gender that were successful in their application. Thus, from the research carried out, we created a board game aimed at teaching Geometric Optics to high school students and applied it in the classroom to a second year high school class at Escola Pública Estadual , in the city of Santana do Mundaú – AL. The results of the application of the game were analyzed from a questionnaire applied before and after the application of the educational product and showed that students developed knowledge and skills of the Physics discipline, in addition to having a greater understanding of the content to the detriment of memorization and replication mechanics.