Cordel aplicado à micologia no ensino médio

Abstract

Education professionals seek proposals and approaches that aim to improve the quality of teaching in order to train critical individuals. In this sense, the production of cordel as an active methodology can be a promising strategy, as it stimulates the writing and is easy to produce, making it a great approach to use, as it allows them to become the center of the teaching process. Another aspect is the application of investigative bias to bring the student to the center of the teaching-learning process. These means are necessary for Biology teaching, specifically for the field of mycology, taught in high school. Thus, the goal was to analyze cordel as an active methodology for approaching the content of mycology in high school. The research was qualitative-quantitative and was developed remotely in the First and Second year of high school, using Google Meet and WhatsApp platforms/applications. Initially, we analyzed the background knowledge of the students through their answers to the guiding question, and after the socialization and discussions on the subject, several problem situations were proposed, in which the students had to bring their hypotheses and conclusions on the topic; then the cordels were made with the help of texts and videos (support material) and, finally, there were presentations by the students synchronously. In view of the students' participation in this research (preparation of the cordels and problem-solving), it was evident that the use of cordel literature is an efficient didactic resource to stimulate the teaching and learning of mycology. In this sense, it was possible to conclude that the students became the center of the learning process, as they were stimulated to think and reflect and, therefore, developed their critical thinking and technical-scientific training. In this research, two products were originated, the Investigative Teaching System (ITS) elaborated and a collection composed of the cordels produced by the students, entitled: “Mycology in cordel”.