Thematic Problems as a didactic strategy in initial teacher education

Abstract

This paper presents a didactic strategy developed in the initial teacher education in Chemistry, through the articulation between the Problem Solving Methodology and Themes, which was called Thematic Problems. Thematic Problems include the approach of problem situations linked to thematic subjects that require scientific knowledge for their reflection and subsequent resolution. It is intended from this method, to provide academics with the possibility of placing them in the role of teacher, providing them with subsidies for the elaboration of problem situations and their own didactic materials; reflection on the adequacy of different methodologies of classroom teaching, considering the learning objectives created by the undergraduates and the consideration of the importance of the association between specific and pedagogical contents for the exercise of the teaching profession. In this article, in addition to the approach to structuring and classifying Thematic Problems, we present examples of thematic problems elaborated by teachers in initial formation.