As coleções biológicas da UFPB e sua contribuição para o ensino: um estudo de caso

Abstract

Biological collections are responsible for documenting, preserving and cataloging specimens of all biodiversity for studies and various types of research. The mankind, knowledge of biodiversity is of great importance, with emphasis in Taxonomy, as well as education and divulgationin, a practical way. in science classes. The biological collections of UFPBplay those rules and, espcifically the Collection of Arachnids and Myriapods contains valuable and endemic specimens for science and education, as well as those of medical importance. Thus, the main purpose of this work was to show the importance of dialogue between science and education, in addition to analyzing this relationship with education in the collections of the Department of Systematics and Ecology (DSE) at UFPB. It is an opportunity to bring the society closer together. to the knowledge of biodiversity and of spaces where research is carried out. The methodology used was quantitative-descriptive, through questionnaires applied to second-year high school students from five public schools and the curators of the biological collections of UFPB. Thus, it was possible to identify that most students have knowledge that needs to be reinforced about biodiversity and arachnids. The biological collections of UFPB have space and interactions with public schools, needing a more open dialogue for practices, emphasizing the relevance of scientific research, promoting development and social empowerment.