CHEMICAL LITERACY IN HIGH SCHOOL: THE CURRICULAR REFERENCE POTIGUAR AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES TEXTBOOK
chemical literacy; textbook; PNLD; potiguar curricular reference.
The research aimed to objective was to investigate whether the textbooks (LDs) of Natural Sciences, approved by the Guide of the National Program of Books and Didactic Material (PNLD) 2021, present concepts and elements that allow the development of students' Chemical Literacy Chemistry of students, based on the constitution of didactic materials of the context of the Brazilian High School Reform. O qualitative study, based on Stake (2011), used the following analytical methods analytical method was Bardin's (2011) Content Analysis of six volumes of the Multiversos - Natural Sciences” collection. For the analysis four main Nature of Science in Chemistry; ii) Chemistry in Everyday Life; iii) Knowledge of the Nature of Matter; iv) Higher Order Learning Skills (Shwartz et al., 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013). Based on the analysis of textbooks in the aforementioned collection, 29 chemistry concepts were catalogued. We found that these dimensions are covered throughout the scientific concepts, boxes and complementary sources. concepts, boxes and complementary sources. The first corresponds to 41,3%, the second 82,75%, the third 65,5% and the fourth 37,9% of scientific concepts. scientific concepts. Considering our references and the analysis carried out, we conclude that the collection does not provide complete support for the development of Chemical Literacy that encourages critical analysis and problem problem-solving, which are fundamental for understanding chemical relationships and their their implications for everyday life and society, since only two concepts (C8 and C6), corresponding to 6,89% of the scientific chemistry concepts analyzed, fully corroborate the the process of developing AQ in secondary school, through the current reform.