ALGUNS ELEMENTOS HISTÓRICOS DAS POLÍTICAS PARA O ENSINO DE QUÍMICA E DAS CIÊNCIAS DA NATUREZA: Análise da proposta do AUTOLABOR como Laboratório Didático Móvel na Rede Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

The comprehensive education of a high school student encompasses various modalities, including the development of skills and competencies that promote scientism applied to the Natural Sciences. Didactic Laboratories are important educational tools, encompassing, among others, the field of Natural Sciences and its Technologies. In order to understand the Public Policies that promote the acquisition and maintenance of Didactic Laboratories, which provide support for the practical activities of Natural Sciences disciplines, this research provides an overview of Science Education in the Brazilian educational context, through the study of key legislations such as the Law of Guidelines and Bases, the National Curriculum Parameters, the National Common Curricular Base, among others, and in the state educational context of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), through the review of the State Constitution and the State Education Plan. To discuss such policies and understand how they are being implemented today, and in view of the current educational tool adopted by the State Secretary of MS, the AUTOLABOR, we conducted a historical survey of Mobile Didactic Laboratories adopted by the State Education Network, highlighting the importance of Teaching Laboratories for the field of Natural Sciences and its Technologies in light of the goals set in the National Education Plan. To understand this tool, we analyzed its proposal and specifications, and finally, we conducted an evaluation and simulation to identify its weaknesses. We understand that the didactic tool, AUTOLABOR, provided by the SED/MS in all state schools in MS, encompasses current Educational Policies. We identified some weaknesses when simulating the use of this didactic tool, including the time required for planning, testing, and conducting experimental activities suggested by the Practical Chemistry Activities Manual. In order to contribute to the perpetuation of this proposal, we have developed the product of this dissertation, a Catalog of Reagents that provides technical data on the reagents available in AUTOLABOR. In this way, we contribute to teaching practices by providing relevant information for teachers, such as scientific name, trade name, molar mass, molecular and structural formula, physical-chemical data, reactivity, hazard, contextualization, storage, disposal, among others, streamlining study and planning time, thus facilitating the work of the teacher.