E-waste: an STS proposal for secondary school

• Autor(a) principal: Cardoso, Zaira Zangrando
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Abreu, Rosana Oliveira Dantas de, Strieder, Roseline Beatriz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v8i1.3523

Based on the assumptions of Science, Technology and Society (STS) Education, a proposal focusing on the theme of electronic waste was developed in the second year of high school education, in Brazil. This proposal was analysed according to Strieder’s reference matrix (2012), and therefere, this study aims to present the achievements and shortcomings of the developed proposal, thus contributing to the universe of researches that propose to investigate the STS school practices. For this purpose, we analysed school records, from teachers/researchers after the conduction of the proposal, as well as student-presented assignments, both oral and written. Overall, results indicate that the implementation of this proposal contributed to the students’ acquisition of relevant information, capable of generating reflection on the consumption of electronics and the consequent production and disposal of electronic waste.