Metodologias utilizadas na abordagem do tema esquistossomose em sala de aula

Abstract

This study was conducted at Professor Agnaldo Viana Pereira School, situated in the Quixabeira district, Governador Mangabeira city, aiming to identify the methodologies used by 7th grade’s science teachers at elementary school while approaching the schistosomiasis’s issue in the classroom. The subjects who took part in the research were four science teachers and ninety-five students from four classes, with ages ranging from 12 to 15 years, from primary school in morning and afternoon shifts. The methodology used in the data collection was a qualitative and quantitative research, data were obtained through 95 questionnaires answered by students, in order to assess their knowledge level concerning schistosomiasis, four questionnaires were also applied to the participating teachers. The research result shows that the schistosomiasis subject was approached in the classroom in a generic form while studying the platyhelminthes content. The issue could be addressed in more depth, showing the epidemiological data on prevalence and incidence of the schistosomiasis infection rate in the region, the symptomatology of the disease in patients, patient’s mortality risk, Paraguaçu river, tributaries and lagoons, as places of contact with the schistosomiasis parasite, taking into account that they are actively frequented springs by children and young adults in the warm months of the year.