Mapas conceituais como ferramenta didática na promoção da aprendizagem significativa de eletrostática

Abstract

This article reports an experience based on the Meaningful Learning Theory by David Ausubel, who used conceptual maps as a didactic tool to promote meaningful learning. The proposal, which focuses on teaching electrostatics concepts, was developed with a group of 105 students of senior high school students in the city of Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil. The results obtained show that developing a methodology focusing on the previous knowledge of students and using conceptual maps as a educational resource might be a promising experience, in order to promote the meaningful learning of electrostatics concepts. Keywords: Electrostatics. Physics teaching. Concept maps. Meaningful learning