Reflexões sobre as metodologias e recursos didáticos no ensino de zoologia em sete municípios da Superintendência Regional de Ensino de Caratinga (SRE)/Minas Gerais

Abstract

The use of investigative, demonstrative and playful methodologies in teaching facilitates students' learning and avoids the lack of interest in subjects that are difficult to understand. Zoology is the branch of Biology Teaching responsible for the scientific study of animal life, an important subject to understand human interventions in biodiversity and to study the importance of animals in nature. The discipline of Zoology is approached in public education, most often in a fragmented and / or neglected manner, with little articulation between evolutionary aspects and the study of biological structures and processes. The objective of the research was to analyze the methodologies and didactic resources used by the teachers of the seventh grade of elementary school and the second year of high school, from 29 state schools in 7 municipalities in the Caratinga Regional Teaching Superintendence, for the teaching of zoology. The study is qualitative and quantitative, having as its subject the teachers who teach the discipline of Biology / Sciences in the state schools of the Regional Superintendence of Teaching of Caratinga. The instrument of data collection were semi-structured questionnaires with open and closed questions, with comment option of the marked answer. Among the 29 state schools in the 7 municipalities of the Caratinga Regional Superintendence of Service, 28 teachers were interviewed, and the results showed that most teachers perform the teaching based on the memorization of the content, mainly use the textbook, do not eco-evolutionary relationship of animal species, spaces are lacking for practical activities (laboratories) and methodological resources such as zoological material collection. Given the results, there is a need for interventions in order to elaborate proposals that contribute to the teaching-learning process of Zoology in Elementary and High School in the Regional Superintendence of Teaching of Caratinga.