A produção do conhecimento sobre o ensino de química no Brasil: um olhar a partir das Reuniões Anuais da Sociedade Brasileira de Química / The production of the knowledge on the chemistry education in Brazil: a glance starting from the annual meetings of the Brazilian Chemical Society

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2006

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This work discusses the Brazilian academic production on Chemical Education. The main source of information was the annual meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society (RASBQ) covering the period 1999-2005. All the papers presented at Teaching of Chemistry Division of the RASBQ were investigated to permit a discussion about the development of the area in Brazil. About such papers, it develops a bibliographical revision research, whose parameters comprise the following aspects: year of presentation, Brazilian region of production, institution and academic unit responsible for the research, scholastic level encompassed in the study and thematic focus of the study. The results suggest that the Chemical Education in Brazil is now a well established area of research within the classical areas of the Chemistry, with a large number of research groups. The area is continuously improving, particularly during the last 5 years The relevant findings concern: (a) an increase in the absolute number of papers from 1999 to 2005; (b) a high concentration of research in the southeast region; (c) a high concentration of works from some universities; (d) a great incidence of studies about basic school; (e) a dispersion and irregularity of the production in the thematic focus. There are some topics that require a focused attention for proper evolution. Finally, taking into account the outcomes of this study, some considerations are made on the present and the future of this field.

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chemical education estado da arte brazilian academic production educação em química state of art produção acadêmica brasileira

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