UMA EXPERIÊNCIA NO ENSINO DE CTS

Abstract

The development of humanistic basis fortechnological field students is a great challenge. Curriculumguidelines show the need of this education in order to assureto the future professional better insertion in the job marketand in society. However, two aspects are especially difficultto solve. One of them is to keep the student motivated withthis sort of topic. Normally the students judge that thetechnical content of the course is sufficient for theirformation. The other one is to find educator with anadequate profile to minister this subject. This requires aprofessional with interdisciplinary knowledge that can linkthe technological aspects with the humanistic focusing thedevelopment of critical thinking. This article deals with adidactical experience with students of a Computer Sciencecourse. This experience was an approached as an idea in aprevious article and at this moment some outcomes andremaining challenges are analyzed.

Index Terms - STS, ST&S, ST&S curriculum, Technologyand Humanities, CTS, CT&S, currículo CTS, Tecnologia eHumanidades.