A contribuição do ensino de virologia em face às viroses respiratórias

Abstract

Biology textbooks used in the teaching-learning process must contextualize everyday issues. Among them, virology stands out, providing students with not only theoretical knowledge, but also prophylactic actions against common viruses that affect humanity. This research aims to investigate whether the theoretical bases worked in three biology textbooks in high school classes provide conceptual foundations for scientific and systemic understanding of virology, especially prophylactic measures for respiratory viruses. This article compared the subject “virus” in three different textbooks used in public high schools in the municipality of Uruçuí - PI. The criteria employed were the analysis of a certain number of pages, adequacy of vocabulary, critical reflection, further reading, among others. The explanation of the subject in the three textbooks is limited to the presentation of some diseases and the emphasis on prophylaxis is very low, which impairs student learning and public health. Therefore, it was possible to observe in the results that the subject is objective in the three books analyzed, however, in the book adopted at the Federal Institute, there is a greater limitation to the approach of the subject. A structured questionnaire applied contributed to the confirmation of the hypothesis, in which more than half of the students who gave wrong answers on the subject study at the Federal Institute.Thus, it was concluded that the textbook used by the Federal Institute of Uruçuí does not have a contextualized approach that contributes to assist students in taking prophylactic measures against respiratory viruses