Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:04:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlcindoMS_DISSERT.pdf: 1501510 bytes, checksum: 0f3d8eb08aed7fd012e48c26803b2757 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-07-30 / Many discussions about the role of the school are on the agenda, in an increasingly complex society. Sociologists, educators, anthropologists, researchers of different areas seek that role. The objective of this dissertation is to contribute what we can consider the central role for the physics teaching, citizenship training. We have elaborated a didactic proposal to increase the interest of high school students on issues of social relevance and, throughout it, to promote the formation of attitudes of social responsibility, enhancing the formation of a more politically and socially active citizen. For the preparation of the proposal, studies were made on education for citizenship and on attitudes change, using as its main theoretical foundation the researches on the Science, Technology and Society curricular emphasis. The teaching of Nuclear Physics was integrated to our proposal, due to its pedagogical potential for the discussion of social, political and economic subjects related to scientific concepts and associated technologies. The educational proposal we have produced was applied on a high school class of a private school at Natal-RN. It was composed from the controversial issue involving the installation of nuclear power plants in Brazilian northeast. The methodology of role playing, in which students assumed social roles and produced specific subsidies for a public hearing and a later referendum, both simulated. In the analysis of the implementation of the proposal, we highlighted the difficulties but also the possibilities and the relevance of exercising skills such as reasoning, finding information, and arguing about of social problems. The results of the research showed the possibility of meaningful learning on Nuclear Physics contents, through this social, political, economic, scientific and technological contextualization using a controversial and real issue together with mechanisms that trigger for greater popular participation, as public hearing. It has also been identified changes in attitude by some students about issues related to Nuclear Physics. We hope, through this dissertation, to contribute to the formation of future citizens as well as to the initiative of teachers-researchers with pedagogical aims similar to those in the present work / Muitas discuss?es sobre o papel da escola est?o em pauta, em uma sociedade cada vez mais complexa. Soci?logos, educadores, antrop?logos, pesquisadores de diferentes ?reas procuram estabelecer esse papel. O objetivo desta disserta??o ? contribuir com o que se pode considerar o papel central para o ensino da F?sica: a forma??o para cidadania. Foi elaborada uma proposta de interven??o visando a despertar o interesse de alunos do Ensino M?dio para quest?es de relev?ncia social e, por meio dela, estimular posturas e atitudes de responsabilidade social, potencializando a forma??o de um cidad?o mais ativo pol?tica e socialmente. Nessa perspectiva, foram feitos estudos sobre forma??o para a cidadania e sobre mudan?as de atitude, utilizando como principal referencial te?rico a ?nfase curricular Ci?ncia, Tecnologia e Sociedade. O ensino da F?sica Nuclear foi integrado a essa proposta, em fun??o de seu potencial pedag?gico na discuss?o de quest?es sociais, pol?ticas e econ?micas, articulada com conceitos cient?ficos e tecnologias associadas. A proposta de ensino foi aplicada em uma turma de Ensino M?dio de escola particular da cidade de Natal-RN e fez uso da quest?o controversa que envolve a implanta??o das usinas nucleares no Nordeste. A metodologia de jogo de pap?is propiciou aos alunos assumirem personagens sociais espec?ficos e constru?rem conhecimentos para dar subs?dios ? realiza??o de uma audi?ncia p?blica e, posteriormente, de um plebiscito, ambos simulados. Na an?lise da implementa??o da proposta, ressaltam-se as dificuldades, mas tamb?m as possibilidades e a relev?ncia do exerc?cio de habilidades como as de argumenta??o, busca de informa??es, e discuss?o de problemas sociais. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram a possibilidade de aprendizado significativo de conte?dos da F?sica Nuclear, por meio da atividade, que constituiu um exemplo de ensino de F?sica com contextualiza??o social, pol?tica, econ?mica, cient?fica e tecnol?gica, utilizando, no caso, uma quest?o controversa real associada a mecanismos que despertam para maior participa??o popular, como a audi?ncia p?blica. Identificam-se tamb?m mudan?as de postura por parte de alguns alunos em rela??o a assuntos referentes ? F?sica Nuclear. Espera-se, com a disserta??o, contribuir para a forma??o de futuros cidad?os bem como com a iniciativa de outros professores-pesquisadores que apresentem objetivos de ensino similares aos assumidos no trabalho