Percepção de discentes de cursos de graduação da Universidade Federal da Paraíba - Campus I sobre os fungos

Abstract

The fungi correspond to a diverse group with many applications, since maintance of the ewcosystems for nutrient cicle to beneficial or maleficent relationship with humans. Due the the variety of apllications, these groups are worked in many distinct ways according to area of interest of the classes, promoting a a bias oriented to group’ s knowlwdge. Thus, this study aimed to check if the knowledge of the studens of different classes offered in the Federal university of Paraíba about the fungi, related to9 diversity and application in different areas of knowledge. This study was of a qualitative-quantitative nature, on which the data were collected through online surveys on Google Forms, on which were presented questions to the participants for analyse their specific knowledge about this group according to selected class for this research, as well they everyday knowledge and the relevance of the fungi to their profissional training. The results showed distincts characteristics of the answer mabe by the students of each class, wher the approach addressed in the respective curriculum, or the lack of contact with such topic, dictate the characteristics of the students' response.