Article,
Theater in Chemistry Teaching: Experience Report
REVISTA VIRTUAL DE QUIMICA, 10 (4): 824-840 (2018)
DOI: 10.21577/1984-6835.20180060
Abstract
Teaching Chemistry currently demands from teachers an increasing use of
new tools. The traditional way sometimes produces resistance and apathy
of students. Some interesting methods have been proposed to overcome
these drawbacks. One is the scientific theater, which combines art and
science on the stage. Here we report on experiments involving six plays
(League of Science, The Alchemist, Are We What We Eat, Lampiao and Maria
Bonita in Search of the Chemistry of Love, The Chemical Avengers and
Doctorate in the Chemistry of Love) performed to students and teachers
with different levels of formal education in Chemistry. By means of the
analysis of questions, debates and conversations with the audience about
the plays, we analyze how efficient their use to stimulate the learning
and knowing of Chemical concepts can be.
