Contextualization and experimentation in the journal “química nova na escola”: an analyses of the editions from 2009 to 2016

In this following work, we evaluate the concepts of contextualization and experimentation present in the articles of the Journal “Química Nova na Escola” (QNEsc), from the section “Experimentation in the Chemistry Education” between 2009-2016. It was verified that of the total of twenty-seven articles, 70,4% of the experiments proposed in this presented period some indication of contextualization. Besides that, it was observed that of the eleven articles analyzed, experimentation was presented as investigative, demonstrative and conceptual re-elaboration. Regarding the contextualization, this was related to the development of attitudes and values for the formation of a critical citizen, use of daily facts exemplification and as a teaching strategy to facilitate learning. Finally, from the results of this research, it was concluded that the most present forms of experimentation and contextualization in the QNEsc articles were the investigative and related to the development of attitudes and values for the formation of a critical citizen, respectively.