Women in Science: A process of historical equalization through playful activity in Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Physics, physics teaching, PNLD Books, Gender Equity, Women in Science
Recognizing and addressing the role of women in science throughout history is extremely important, however historically these contributions have been erased, underestimated and even ignored, thus impairing female representation within spaces such as the University and Laboratory, especially with regard to Exact Sciences specifically in Nuclear Physics. Aiming to change this reality and encourage more girls to enter Physics and related areas, this work intents to understand this process of female scientific invisibility in the contents of High School Nuclear Physics, through a broad analysis of the works present in the National Textbook Plan in the 2018-2020 triennium, through Laurence Bardin's content analysis methodology in the light of the feminist perspective, with the objective of identifying, understanding and evaluating how the contributions of female nuclear scientists are being portrayed in these books. As an educational product of the results in the research developed, a board game is presented whose scope is to promote the recognition of female contributions, not based on the memorization of questions, but through meaningful and liberating learning, as proposed by educators such as bell hooks and Paulo Freire. In short, this work seeks an initiative that stimulates female participation in the Exact Sciences, making it possible to encourage hundreds of girls to walk the university path, seeking the dream of being scientists and contributing to female representation inside and outside the university walls.