Abstract

GARCIA-GARCIA, José Joaquín. Consented Science: Resignifying the Senses in the Teaching of Science. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2020, n.47, pp.217-231. ISSN 0121-3814.  https://doi.org/10.17227/ted.num47-11337.

This reflection article initially discusses the notion of modern rationality as an abstraction that produced a vital amputation. In the second place, it proposes recovering the body to bring the classroom back to life using the senses as sources of meaning in scientific education. Third, it argues this thesis illustrating the nature of each of the senses as recipients of mechanical and electromagnetic waves, and as readers of chemical signals. To that end, it makes explicit how the acoustic and tactile senses can capture and differentiate different types of mechanical waves, whether it be those generated by a whisper or a caress. Likewise, it is exposed how the sense of sight converts the electromagnetic waves of visible light into electrochemical signals in the retina to inform us about the beauty of the world, and how the sense of smell, in combination with that of taste, can differentiate in an effective way salts, ions, metals, and most of the functional groups that occur in organic compounds. Likewise, a sensitive conceptualization of each of these classic senses, and some of its articulations with the teaching of science, is presented. Thus, this work shows that it is feasible to integrate the sensibility and the senses that enable it in the teaching of chemistry and physics. In addition, it offers less bookish and more vital alternatives for science education, and therefore more meaningful for students.

Keywords : body; senses; living teaching.

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