Doenças parasitárias negligenciadas: abordagens metodológicas em escola pública de Teresina, Piauí

Abstract

Neglected parasitic diseases occur in many countries, especially underdeveloped countries, where they have insufficient infrastructure, little investment in health and education. It is understood that health education promotes the prevention of these diseases, and for this it is essential that teachers are concerned with different methodological approaches to teaching and learning students, contextualizing with the reality in which they find themselves. The present study portrays Schistosomiasis, Malaria, Chagas Disease, Toxoplasmosis and Leishmaniasis, diseases with wide occurrence in Brazil. The objective of this research was to analyze the strategies and methodological approaches adopted in the teaching of neglected parasitic diseases in the 2nd grade of the technician integrated to the high school of the Federal Institute of Piauí-Campus Central Teresina, in order to identify teaching methodologies focused on these diseases. students' level of knowledge, with the perspective of suggesting alternative methodology. The research was carried out during the 2019 school period.2 and had the collaboration of 48 students and two biology teachers from four classes of the 2nd year of Integrated Technical High School. The courses researched were Accounting, Logistics, Informatics and Electronics. The collection of students' data was performed with the application of online questionnaires elaborated in the Google Form, made available through a link to mobile devices. A semi-structured interview was used to obtain data related to biology teachers (Mariana and Sarah). After the analysis, the results were converted into charts and tables. It can be verified that both teachers have continuing education being Mariana master and Sarah doctor. Teacher Mariana has methodologies that involve students in participation of dynamics in the classroom. Teacher Sarah, on the other, highlights the elaboration of materials as conceptual maps. However, the students demonstrate to have superficial knowledge about the parasitic diseases related in this study, although they studied about the diseases selected in this research. Thus, with the purpose of suppressing these gaps on the approached theme, it is suggested to carry out with the subjects of this research an alternative methodology: I Gymkhana Of Neglected Parasitic Diseases of IFPI / CTC.