Argumentation in chemistry education: analysis of articles published in Brazilian journals

• Autor(a) principal: Adriele Ribeiro dos Santos Lamim
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Salete Linhares Queiroz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.12.2022.e595
• topic: Argumentação; Bibliometria; Ensino de química; Argumentation; Bibliometry; Chemistry Teaching

Introduction: Argumentation is a fundamental skill for life in society, which can be found in different everyday contexts and in science education, to which it contributes significantly. Argumentation has been recurrent in chemical education and reported in various studies. Thus, significant academic production on argumentation in chemistry education has been observed, which lacks studies to organize it and identify its trends, gaps and potential contributions. Goals: The present study aims to identify and analyze publications in Brazilian journals on argumentation in the chemistry education, published between 2000 and 2020. Methods: To do this, journals A1, A2, B1 and B2 were selected from Teaching and Education areas of the CAPES Qualis program, whose titles are related to science education. In these journals, the words chemical and argumentation were used as search terms, which should be present in the titles, abstracts and/or keywords of the studies. Twenty-seven articles that were closely linked to the topic investigated were obtained and then classified according to their year of publication, level of education and privileged thematic focus. Results: It was found that publications on argumentation in chemistry education in Brazilian journals began in 2005, reaching their peak in 2019 and 2020. Furthermore, secondary and higher education school levels were the most recurrent, while the main thematic foci of the studies were the use of strategies to promote argumentation and its inclusion in teacher education. Conclusions: The outcomes showed that the topic is growing fast and that different argument aspects have been explored by researchers from the educational field. However, the lack of studies regarding elementary education is a gap to be filled.