Contribuições de uma unidade de ensino potencialmente significativa na abordagem sobre fungos, no 7º ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This research presents the construction, application and evaluation of a Didactic Sequence (SD) based on the Potentially Significant Teaching Unit (IHLP) making use of Foldscope as an alternative material in the science discipline in the study on Fungi. Learning about the Fungi Kingdom is of great importance for understanding biological phenomena related to the environment. Despite its great environmental relevance, the approach on the subject in basic education is limited, leaving gaps in the learning process. The research aimed to verify the contributions that a Didactic Sequence (SD) based on the Potentially Significant Teaching Unit (IHLP), developed in the Didactic Laboratory of Sciences, through an alternative material, Foldscope, could provide to the teaching-learning process on Fungi. The development scenario of the research is a municipal public school, located in Vila Jacy, in the municipality of Campo Grande - MS, and the students of the 7th year of elementary school, participants of the research. The actions were carried out in the Didactic Laboratory of Sciences as a complement to the content developed in the classroom. As data collection instruments, a questionnaire was used, as diagnostic evaluation, and conceptual maps were chosen for analysis. The study was characterized as intervention research, with a qualitative methodological basis, and the results were analyzed using bardin content analysis (2016). The research was based on Significant Learning, proposed by David Ausubel, seeking to expand the knowledge of the participants about the content worked. The results indicate that there was a significant increase in the concepts mentioned in the conceptual maps elaborated by the students and that the use of Foldscope as an alternative material had great importance in the learning process, developing the student's critical spirit.