PROPOSAL FOR A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TEACHING UNIT (UEPS) FOR TEACHING MODERN PHYSICS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: THE CORPUSCULAR NATURE OF LIGHT AND ITS APPLICATIONS

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.558442430013

• Palavras-chave: meaningful learning, modern physics, education.

• Keywords: meaningful learning, modern physics, education.

• Abstract:

  The search for new strategies that assist in the teaching-learning process of modern physics in basic education in the country is necessary, above all, to develop contextualized, non-fragmented and meaningful learning of what is taught in the classroom. It is in this direction that this article discusses the issue of meaningful learning and potentially significant teaching units (UEPS) focusing on the teaching of modern physics: the corpuscular nature of light, in high school. To achieve this, the discussion is based on significant and critical learning from authors such as David Ausubel and Marco Antônio Moreira. In the end, it is reflected that the application of UEPS is a teaching-learning strategy that can contribute to the application of modern physics concepts relating to technological advances and also to students' everyday situations.