Biologia interativa: uso de site como ferramenta pedagógica para o ensino-aprendizagem de ecologia

Abstract

High school education faces several problems: a fragmented education, impregnated with traditionalism and the mechanical training of the student. The combination between active methodologies and digital technologies is a promising strategy for innovation. Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for teaching ecology allows the learning of concepts, procedures characteristic of science and the development of a critical and reflective posture about the themes presented, essential for the study and conservation of life. This is a case study with qualitative analysis in which students of technical courses on computer networks, nursing and administration courses of the 3rd year of High School experienced an investigative teaching sequence on ecology. In the stage entitled Teaching the ecological look, the students were instigated to the investigative look, observing and experiencing characteristics of their regions. In a fictional way, the students also carried out a “virtual expedition”, exploring their scientific skills, such as raising hypotheses and solving problems. Upon returning from the expedition, the students gathered in a “virtual camp”, in which communication, respect for the diversity of opinions and the turn of the other were points that stood out. At the end of the execution stage and as a form of evaluation, the students produced “digital experiences” using verbal or non-verbal language, at that moment the students developed several languages and improved key concepts fundamental to the study of ecology. In addition, based on these experiences, they were the protagonists in the creation, maintenance and use of a website for the dissemination of topics on ecology. At the end of the proposed teaching sequence, twelve students were interviewed to evaluate the stages and actions of the project. The use of the website and its materials provided the improvement of the teaching of ecology for the students involved in the process.