Abstract

COSTA, Fernando Rocha da et al. The chemistry of sanitizing alcohols and the discussion about science, media, and the pandemic: teaching for interethnic and interracial relations in distance learning. Ciência educ. [online]. 2024, vol.30, e24018.  Epub May 17, 2024. ISSN 1980-850X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-731320240018.

This study examines and assesses the chemistry of sanitizing alcohol for elementary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic via distance learning. In addition, it addresses how to apply ethnic-racial education in a racial literacy program by examining the roles played by the media, science, and the pandemic. We conducted a pedagogical intervention with public school students from the periphery of a Brazilian city, integrating Afrocentric research components and analyzing the data using the polyrational tool of chemical knowledge and the hermeneutics of depth. The study demonstrates the feasibility of discussing the concept of alcohol function, despite the challenges posed by the circular movement of chemical knowledge dimensions. The article also looks at the experiences of the Afro-Brazilian community and the relationship between scientific information and the media during the pandemic.

Keywords : Chemistry teaching; Elementary education; Distance education; Racial integration; Afro-Brazilian culture; Racism.

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