Inquiry teaching in didactic classes for the chemistry pre-service teacher education

Abstract

The present research aimed to analyze the effects of an inquiry-based class (investigative class) in a Chemistry Degree class during the discipline of General Didactics. Two investigative classes were developed, one in the experimental methodology and the other in the design thinking project methodology. And at the end of the two classes, the students answered two guiding questions: “What does this class allow you to compose the lesson plans and your own practices as future teachers?” and “What do this knowledge collaborate for your education?” The results demonstrate that the proposed activities contributed in a promising way to the process of understanding graduates on how to develop a teaching lesson plan, besides enabling the use of a teaching methodology by investigation for the development of their future teaching practices.