The teaching praxis in the teaching of chemistry: the perceptions of first-year students for the construction of knowledge in school daily life

In this work, a case study was conducted based on the students' perception of chemistry classes in a public school in Ceará. The way teachers teach and how students learn has become research themes in various academic papers. It was verified through the application of a questionnaire and monitoring of chemistry classes as the students have been perceiving the practices of chemistry teachers. The work developed took place in the public school Casimiro Leite de Oliveira, and understood from the application of questionnaires to the follow-up of the chemistry teacher's class in the 2nd year B. The subjects of Physics, Sociology and Chemistry were the ones that did not present preference among students, however the subject of Physical Education is the best placed by the students. Most students find chemistry interesting and curious, even considering it boring, but not destimulating for their study. The teacher's class was considered good by most students and did not find it demotivating. Most students stated that the teacher never took them to the laboratory, but they find it interesting when the teacher uses a fact of everyday life to facilitate the learning of the contents and that most attribute to themselves for their performance in chemistry. It is expected that this work will serve as a reference for the opening of new channels of discussion and reflection on the teaching and learning process in schools.