o álbum de figurinhas "O estudo das plantas" como recurso didático-pedagógico para o ensino-aprendizagem de botânica no ensino fundamental II

Abstract

The construction of didactic-pedagogical resources by the teacher runs through a teaching proposal with the purpose of facilitating the construction of students' knowledge. The use of the picture album as a didactic-pedagogical resource is an educational form that stimulates interest, participation and creativity in the teaching-learning process, providing a more meaningful learning experience for students. This research aimed to understand the teaching of botany through the use of the album of cards as a didactic-pedagogical resource, through the playful promotion of a better performance in the teaching-learning process of the content. The basics of qualitative-quantitative research were used as methodological theoretical assumptions for the elaboration of the research, through elements of the Participant Research. The sample consisted of 26 students from the 7th grade of elementary school II. The data were collected through the application of two structured questionnaires with multiple choice answers, both with the same questions a pre-test and a post-test directed only to the students. The pedagogical interventions were carried out in a period of 12 classes of 45 minutes each, with only a 7th grade class from the Alfredo Chaves Elementary School, located in the municipality of Lagoa of Dentro - PB, between July and September 2018. Interventions were directed to work only the content of botany. Consisting of practical activities demonstrating observation of specimens and plant groups, and the main activity was the use of the album of cards. The results obtained with the differentiated activities were satisfactory, and a great majority of the students expressed advances in relation to the knowledge of the contents worked, raising the percentages of the results in a significant way, in the great majority of the questions. In the qualitative evaluation of the pedagogical interventions, all the students showed an interest in the activities carried out, participating actively and contributing to a joint construction of the learning. It was noted that the use of the album of cards motivated the students with regard to their involvement and interest in the theme in order to bring their daily experiences and previous knowledge to share with their colleagues. It was also noticed the increase of the self-esteem, from the attitudes, and in the process of sharing of experiences during all research, in this way it can be considered that the students were active agents in the teaching-learning process of botany.