O ensino e aprendizagem em botânica por meio de aulas práticas dialógicas

Abstract

Botany in numerous teaching and learning situations is approached superficially because it is considered difficult and uninteresting. A large part of this situation may be related to the lack of practical activities in the teaching of Science, as these are inherent to this area, as well as the teaching methodologies still based on the transmission and memorization of information. Thus, the present work was developed around the following research problem: Can the use of practical dialogical activities in the teaching of Botany favor the teaching and learning processes and mobilize the participation and interest of students in Science classes? Therefore, the general objective of this research is to investigate whether the use of practical dialogical activities in the study of Botany can be a facilitating tool for teaching and especially for learning in Science. In search of an answer to the proposed problem, the research and data collection were carried out in Science classes with 24 students from the seventh year of the final elementary school of a state school in the city of São Valentim do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. occurred with the object of study of Botany through the development of dialogical and investigative practical activities connected to a set of active learning strategies in order to foster the student's protagonism and the construction of concrete knowledge. The collected data were categorized for interpretation according to the content analysis technique and examined in the light of the theorists who support this research, Freire's dialogic teaching, Piaget's Constructivism and even authors who approach the teaching of Science. With the development of practical dialogic activities, it was possible to involve students in performing the proposed tasks in an active way, since the exchange of knowledge between peers was constant through relevant contributions and to meet the knowledge to be built. Therefore, it can be seen from the data collection instruments that practical activities play an elementary role in favoring the teaching and learning processes when worked in order to involve students in an active and participatory way through dialogue and practical and cognitive action. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]