Educational design methodology in the development of teaching and learning sequences in physics teaching

In this article, an overview of the research, development and implementation of Teaching and Learning Sequences (TLS) oriented to Science topics is presented, in addition to their validation in the classroom. As the literature on the topic is extensive, the choice was to discuss theoretical foundations and methodological tools to build these sequences and to present some proposals that were, in fact, implemented in classrooms and that obtained good results. Initially, the research methodology called Design-Based Research is analyzed and suggested as an efficient methodology that encompasses both the design process and the analysis of learning results. In relation to TLS, the Learning Demand, Educational Reconstruction, “Two-Worlds” model, Didactic Engineering and Potentially Significant Teaching Units are discussed. Illustrative examples of the application and evaluation of TLS based on these models in various contexts are presented. The main objective of the article is to contribute so that, with the deepening of the questions raised here, teachers can develop TLS theoretically grounded and didactically consistent, with feasible implementation in the real classroom context.

Keywords
Teaching-Learning Sequences; Design-Based Research; Physics Teaching