Learning with plants: didactic sequence of Botany for Elementary School II

The study of plants is as old as humanity itself. Studying them is essential to reduce the barriers of “botanical blindness” and “botanical illiteracy”, and these concepts are a result of the way Botany is taught in schools. To help overcome this, a didactic sequence of Botany through Teaching by In...

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Autores: Oliveira, Matheus Fernando Custódio de, Stenzel, Elaine Aparecida, Orlandini, Priscila, Sebastiani, Renata
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso (IFMT)
Repositorio:Revista Prática Docente
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.cfs.ifmt.edu.br:article/1648
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.cfs.ifmt.edu.br:443/periodicos/index.php/rpd/article/view/1648
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Analfabetismo Botânico
Cegueira Botânica
Ensino de Botânica
Ensino por Investigação
Botanical illiteracy
Botanical Blindness
Botany Teaching
Teaching by Research
Analfabetismo botánico
Ceguera botánica
Enseñanza de la Botánica
Enseñanza por Investigación
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Sumario:The study of plants is as old as humanity itself. Studying them is essential to reduce the barriers of “botanical blindness” and “botanical illiteracy”, and these concepts are a result of the way Botany is taught in schools. To help overcome this, a didactic sequence of Botany through Teaching by Investigation was proposed for the 9th grades of Elementary School II in a municipal school in Araras/SP. For evaluation, a single questionnaire of four questions was used with the students in two moments: before and after classes. The results indicated that this is a plausible path, as it quadrupled the number of students who managed to make a valid relationship between a plant organ and its respective function in the plant. Therefore, this article shows that the teaching of Botany should be explored in different ways from the traditional one in order to reduce the gaps in Basic Education.