Práticas de ensino de Citologia no nível médio: uma proposta mediante ao uso de modelo didático

Abstract

With the advancement of science and technology, it is essential to improve the teaching of Biology, especially with regard to Cytology. The difficulties faced in the teaching and learning process of this subject, both by students and teachers in the 1st year of high school, are highlighted in the educational literature. Cytology, often criticized for its specific and difficult-to-memorize nomenclature, requires pedagogical strategies that overcome conceptual, methodological and teaching resource challenges Considering the learning challenges faced by students in the study of Cytology, this work has the general objective of analyzing the effectiveness of implementing three-dimensional didactic models in teaching Cytology at secondary level, providing students with alternatives that make teaching and learning more meaningful and enable the understanding of the cell as the fundamental unit of life. To this end, the methodological approach involves qualitative research, of a descriptive and exploratory nature. It was carried out with 43 1st year high school students from a state vocational school in Cruz das Almas - BA, in the IT and Clinical Analysis classes. A closed questionnaire was used as a data collection instrument, in addition to a pedagogical intervention using three-dimensional didactic models of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The collected data was analyzed based on reference literature published in the area. The results indicated an improvement in student performance and a significant increase in interest in the topic of Cytology. In this sense, the use of didactic models in the classroom proved to be an important resource in the development of new methodologies that aim to act as facilitators in the learning of Cytology for different student profiles.