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The teaching of physics contextualized to the 21st century

In this letter I present my point of view about the importance of contextualization of physics and its outspread over society in the teaching of physics. I point my questioning about the real origin of disciplinas like “science, technologie and society” (CTS) and “scientific and technological alphabetization” (ACT), arguing that maybe one should discuss the structure of teaching physics instead of “add” one step that aims to correct the lack we have created between physics and society. Many theoretical have remembered that CTS and ACT were born from a Freirean point of view about teaching, however what we have seen in practical is the insistence in the method and bibliographies older than this pedagogical movement.

Keywords:
Physics; Politics; Society


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