Contextualização do ensino de química: uma abordagem para conscientização sobre a utilização e os riscos no uso doméstico dos domissanitários

Abstract

The present work refers to the association of Chemistry content with a proposal to raise awareness about the use of cleaning products and associated domestic poisoning. The school has become an excellent space to promote debate with students about its correct use. Using a diagnostic questionnaire, the level of knowledge that students had on the topic was investigated. When analyzing the data, it was found that 92% of those interviewed were in the habit of mixing cleaning products. In this way, a dialogued intervention work was planned, where the inappropriate use of cleaning products was discussed, contextualizing the contents taught in the Chemistry discipline with everyday household hygiene for students in the Professional Education of Youth and Adult Education modality of the Lucinete Santana da Silva Professional Education Center. Finally, a new questionnaire was applied to assess whether students perceived the importance of certain Chemistry content for understanding the appropriate use of cleaning products and whether the contextualization of Chemistry teaching with everyday life, in fact, contributed to the teaching and learning process. When applying the second questionnaire. It was noted, therefore, that there was development of critical sense among them regarding the proper handling of cleaning products.