As concepções científicas e religiosas de estudantes do curso de licenciatura em física acerca da existência de Deus e a origem do universo

Abstract

The central objective of this study is to investigate the conception of scientific and religious relation among the students of Degree in Physics through a questionnaire, gathering and synthesizing the results of the answers. The scenario where the research was conducted was the Federal Institute of Piauí / Campus Angical, located in Angical do Piauí, Piauí state using the method of study in the form of descriptive research with a qualitative approach. For the collection was used a questionnaire containing 5 (five) objective questions involving justification, with the participation of 43 students of the modules 2, 4, 6 and 8 the physics course. From the analysis of the collected data, it became clear that most students independent of module or advance of the course demonstrate to have a religious feeling and believe in the creation of the universe by God. Most of them, likewise, believe that there are important lessons for life in the Bible; in addition, religion alone does not make people better, because this, according to their justifications, depends on personal choices. The result of this study also showed that more than half do not believe in the compatibility of science and religion, thus creating a conflict in the teachings passed along the course that contradict their beliefs. The expectation is that this research will be useful to teachers who face difficulties in dealing with issues that contradict most of the religions and that the data presented here can assist them in understanding concepts on these matters, already established by the student