The use of popular science texts in formal education has been discussed by researchers in the field of Science Education. Such discussions suggest that these texts can be an instrument of motivation in the classroom organizing explanations and stimulating discussions. Thus, a teaching proposal was implemented based on the book Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, by Oliver Sacks. The study involved the production of texts by undergraduate students about some chapters of that book. The texts were analyzed from the perspective of French Discourse Analysis, specifically according to the concept of authorship.
Discourse analysis; Popularization of science; Chemistry teaching; Higher education
