This study deals with the verification of the viability of strategies for teaching topics on light from its wave nature, by searching for evidence of learning in a high school course. A group of students was submitted to situations developed from the perspective of the Vergnaud's Theory of Conceptual Fields and the Theory of Meaningful Learning, by Ausubel, with the objective of creating favorable conditions for conceptual development, and, by doing so, to promote greater understanding by the students of the phenomena related to the topic. Despite the poor infra-structure conditions for the development of the study, the results showed evidence of conceptual development and the viability of dealing with light-related topics from the perspective of wave theory.
Physics teaching; High school; Theory of meaningful learning; Vergnaud's Theory of Conceptual Fields
