A educação para o trânsito como tema transversal no ensino da física no ensino médio

Abstract

Traffic education is necessary when the statistical numbers of deaths and injuries caused by traffic accidents are evidenced. This article aims to highlight the importance of applying the cross-sectional theme traffic education to physics teaching in high school, as some concepts of basic physics can be used as pedagogical elements in traffic education and real traffic situations can give greater significance for the teaching of Physics, combining applications of some concepts through the selection of images for audio-visual resources, such as slides, videos, programs, applications, etc. To demonstrate this, an integrative literature review was used as a methodology, following six steps: identification of the theme and redefinition of the research question; search of publications; evaluation of what was found; interpretation of findings and, finally, synthesis of what can be acquired from knowledge. For a good human formation, education is a fundamental piece for the construction of citizenship and a good coexistence in society. This study concludes that given the statistical data, the teaching of physics combined with education for traffic is not only important but necessary, since it can serve as a tool to reduce accidents and injuries in traffic.