Changes of chemistry education post ENEM for students of public schools of Pombal city, Paraíba state

Journal Title: Revista Brasileira de Educação e Saúde - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1

Abstract

Chemistry was always considered a difficult subject to understand and brought with it the aversion of students and also future teachers of the area, who became increasingly scarce, and there is a need for changes in the search for the evolution of teaching. With the proposal of the new High School and the ENEM (National High School Examination) becoming the only mechanism for access to universities and federal institutes, teaching had to undergo drastic changes in order to make it closer to the reality of learners, As they were put in the questions of the evaluations of the MEC (Ministry of Education and Culture). The objective of this study was to evaluate the current teaching of chemistry, including the changes that occurred after adoption of the ENEM, through the students' vision. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with approximately 64 students from schools in the city of Pombal-PB, in order to obtain qualitative and quantitative data directed to the teaching of chemistry, the ENEM and the changes that occurred in recent years. In the students' view, the chemistry teachers of the public schools of Pombal-PB changed their teaching practices through the adoption of contextualized classes that interconnect the topics studied with the daily life of those involved, besides, there was adequate in the choice of didactic subjects, being These focused on the ENEM, and also sought the use of differentiated methodological tools, where this set of actions aimed at the development of skills and abilities throughout the formative process of the citizen, where he is also able to overcome the level of difficulty of the system Evaluation.

Authors and Affiliations

Emerson Erick Vieira da Silva, Everton Vieira da Silva, Soraia Carvalho de Sousa, Roberta de Medeiros Gadelha, Sheila da Silva

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  • EP ID EP256830
  • DOI 10.18378/rebes.v7i1.4784
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Emerson Erick Vieira da Silva, Everton Vieira da Silva, Soraia Carvalho de Sousa, Roberta de Medeiros Gadelha, Sheila da Silva (2017). Changes of chemistry education post ENEM for students of public schools of Pombal city, Paraíba state. Revista Brasileira de Educação e Saúde, 7(1), 9-15. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-256830