ARDUINO IN MEANINGFUL LEARNING IN YOUTH AND ADULT EDUCATION (EJA): TEACHING SEQUENCE WITH THE CONCEPTS OF LIGHT AND PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT

Abstract

Many Brazilians lacked access to formal schooling during their youth for various reasons, resulting in fragmented schooling and the failure to complete traditional stages of education, particularly high school. In this context, this research aims to create a didactic sequence for the learning process about light and the photoelectric effect. Specific objectives include: a) explaining, in an accessible manner, the nature of light waves and their concepts of frequency, wavelength, and energy; b) recording subsumptions related to these concepts. To consolidate these objectives, a hybrid methodology is adopted, including a review of historical and documentary literature, combined with a proposed didactic sequence using Ausubelian strategies that consider previous organizers, subsumptions, and associated phenomenological records. The suggested teaching sequence calls for a diagnostic assessment, followed by a theoretical lecture on photons, light waves, and the photoelectric effect and its application, followed by a workshop to assemble electrical circuits using Arduino to demonstrate the photoelectric effect. The teaching sequence will be implemented at Colégio Estadual Brandão Correia, a public school in the state of Bahia, in the city of Salvador, with students divided into four evening classes of adult education (EJA) with an average of 18 students per class, followed by a qualitative and quantitative analysis. Finally, the proposed teaching sequence is expected to be implemented.