The phenomenon of pain and numbness caused by torpedoes: history of science in youth and adult education

Abstract

This article aims to present and comment on a pedagogical intervention developed in the science classroom, in the initial stage of the Fundamental II segment of Basic Education in the Youth and Adult Education modality, of a public school in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The pedagogical intervention was part of an empirical research carried out from the planning, elaboration, validation, implementation and evaluation of a teaching learning sequence (TLS), based on a historical research developed for this purpose, that is, without having previously been published in textbooks. The pedagogical intervention is presented in this article based on its theoretical basis, followed by the research methodology, presentation of the printed material based on primary source that was used in the classroom, the analysis of the data collected and the conclusion of this intervention. Both this intervention and the empirical research itself revealed that the History of Science can be a teaching tool that favors the understanding of concepts of science and aspects of science and scientific research.