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Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 19, Issue 1, Article 5 (Jun., 2018) |
The data indicated significant contributions of the SSIs to the critical competences in this research, regarding the topic of the privatization of electricity. However, it reflects that the students relate, to some extent, the concepts of chemistry with the description of the process of energy generation, the use of the terms pressure, Faraday Law, and the generation of HNO3, H2SO4 acids; but this requires a level of understanding and clarity, of the scientific lexicon as well as of the daily use of the language, in order to establish pertinent analogies that demand the attention of the teachers in the teaching of science. In competences I and V, it was evidenced that the students understand the problem of privatization as an object of reflection of the sciences, and this contributes to generating reflections and making personal and collective decisions.
It is necessary to promote processes of critical thinking in science classes and there should be more emphasis on developing this in each one of the disciplines that involve aspects referring to the questioning of information, multidimensionality, the making of solid argumentations, the ethical dimension, the establishment of conclusions, and the decision-making process from the SSIs approach. All this, with the aim of improving aspects regarding the observation of the problem in a comprehensive way, articulating different dimensions and designing didactic proposals that allow us to share outlooks and experiences about the sciences from different points of view.
