A desconstituição de um mito por meio da produção de vídeo : o caso de Arquimedes

Abstract

This work aims to discuss how Archimedes would have solved the problem of Hiero king's crown, addressing the solution mentioned by Galileo, proposing a discussion on the subject and seeking a non-single resolution, in line with the significant learning proposed Ausubel. One describes the critical line of Galileo, translated quotes from some authors, lists a series of opposition elements to the story told in textbooks. As a product, it is proposed to show an educational alternative through a film produced on this subject, using the vision of weights measures and not the volumes, as placed in textbooks, for students and former students of the third year of high school Polytechnic, looking for a conceptual and historical link of Science. These students write at the end of the film a text expressing the power of this teaching strategy, feelings about acting and remarkable elements of this production. After production of the film, it was presented to a class of second grade of high school, through methodological approach grounded in that theoretical scope of meaningful learning. It was conducted with these students a qualitative analysis through concept maps, in search of subsumption and evaluation of results. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]