O método de estudo de caso como estratégia de ensino e aprendizado dos conceitos trabalhados na disciplina de química orgânica experimental.

Abstract

Chemistry is a very abstract science and, as a discipline, is seen by students as one of the most difficult in the academic curriculum, causing disinterest and demotivation in learning the concepts of this subject. Research shows that the teaching of chemistry is structured around activities that induce the memorization of information and formulas, which limits the learning of students and, consequently, contributes to a more mechanized and less didactic teaching. Thus, it has become a saga the search for improvements in the teaching of this discipline, and the insertion of active methodologies that provide motivation and interest in learning Chemistry has been a promising factor in the educational area, an example of this is the Case Study method. Faced with this scenario, the objective was to analyze the potentiality of the Case Study method linked to the theme "Disposal of Medicines" as a teaching and learning strategy of chemical concepts worked in the curricular component Experimental Organic Chemistry with the students enrolled in this discipline. The present study is characterized as an action-research of quanti-qualitative nature, which was based on the use of the case "The brilliant idea" and as a data collector the application of two questionnaires, one of diagnosis of previous conceptions and the other of evaluation of the strategy used, as well as a report prepared by the students. It was found that introducing the Case Study in the teaching of Chemistry allowed not only to teach the chemical concepts, but also, contributed to the development of skills and competencies such as proposing and testing hypotheses, working in teams, reflecting on real life problems, as well as, contributed to the student's protagonism and active participation, during classes.