Thematic approach and complex scientific school knowledge: thematic and conceptual organization as proposals of open educational path

• Published in: Investigações em Ensino de Ciências Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 145 - 161
• Main Authors: Giselle Watanabe, Maria Regina Dubeux Kawamura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Complexidade; Ensino de Ciências; Meio Ambiente; Organização Conceitual; Organização Temática

In a traditional way, the school knowledge of the sciences, especially in high school, is consolidated from a set of conceptual contents that reflects a given historical construction of the referred science, whether Biology, Physics or Chemistry. In this format, textbooks generally present a more de...