The “do and understand” route: analysis of student learning in a soap production course ; O percurso do “fazer e compreender”: Análise da aprendizagem de estudantes de um curso de produção de sabão

In this work, the path between the doing and understanding of students in a soap production course was addressed. The students' traditional knowledge in soap making was used as an intermediary in the process of teaching chemistry applied to soap making. The course started with an initial assessment of the students' prior knowledge about the composition and chemical reactions involved in soap production. In this stage, the mastery of the field of doing was verified, but not of understanding. Based on this assessment, the course was designed to allow students to search for hypotheses and reflect... Mehr ...