A importância da ilustração científica no ensino das ciências biológicas: análise do livro didático e intervenções pedagógicas em uma escola pública

Abstract

Scientific illustrations play a fundamental role in education, especially in the areas of science and technology, facilitating the understanding of complex concepts. Illustration can awaken students' curiosity and encourage interest in science, the arts and expand their visual ability to interpret images and understand scientific phenomena. To achieve this, it is important that students have access to good quality teaching materials and teaching methodologies. Based on this, the objective of this work was to evaluate the images present in biology textbooks, made available by the National Textbook Program (PNLD), and to promote pedagogical interventions in a high school, highlighting the relevance of scientific drawing in the process of teaching-learning. The study was carried out in the municipality of Remígio, PB, with high school students. The work was divided into two stages: in the first, the illustrations present in biology textbooks were analyzed, using an unprecedented methodology, where the images were evaluated considering the following parameters: quantitative, technical and informative analysis. In the second stage, the pedagogical intervention began in the form of a workshop, through the elective subject of scientific drawing, which followed the content seen by 1st year high school students, being an essential tool in the application of pedagogical practices. The books analyzed showed images with satisfactory quality, in relation to the parameters studied. Holding the scientific illustration workshop helped to make classes more attractive, contributing to the knowledge seen in the classroom and awakening students' cognitive skills. With this, it was recognized that scientific illustration is essential for teaching, making learning more visual and accessible, and the teaching material must be used fruitfully by the teacher.