O que dizem os alunos sobre o processo de ensino aprendizagem de biologia no ensino médio

Abstract

The objective of this work was to identify the positive and negative points presented by students regarding the teaching-learning process in Biology, as well as their suggestions to improve it. A quantitative and qualitative questionnaire was applied to 60 students of two state institutions in the municipality of Ubá, Minas Gerais, and showed that the lack of interdisciplinary practices and activities, the excessive content, and traditional teaching were the main negative points about how Biology is taught and thus, are responsible for the high number of students stating that they have difficulty in learning and contextualizing specific contents. The students believe that more practical activities, availability and quality of resources offered by the schools, increased hour load, as well as better teaching didactics are the main points to be improved. However, when analyzed together, the research data allows us to infer that teacher didactics, much more than the use of different resources or practices, is the most relevant point in attracting the students’ interest for the subject and achieving a successful teaching-learning process. Thus, it can be concluded that, from the students’ viewpoint, infra- structure availability is not sufficient in Biology classes. Although this is a positive point, the adequate formation of the teachers is the most important factor, with them acting as the motivating agents of a contextualized and clearly interdisciplinary subject. Research such as this are important tools in the search for excellence in teaching as they allow to verify the applicability of basic educational precepts in legal documents; to perceive and understand the issue from the students’ point of view, seldom explored in studies involving Biology teaching ;and to indicate changes to be made in the licensing courses of Biology , necessary to improve the teaching –learning process and help other subject areas to carry out similar studies.