Uso de infográficos de estruturas anatômicas foliares e caulinares como instrumento didático para a aprendizagem de botânica

Abstract

The teaching of botany is characterized, by some students, as difficult. In order to glimpse an improvement, it is necessary that the teacher uses various teaching resources in order to contemplate the content in a way that is contextualized. One of the contents within botany that lack these resources is plant anatomy and morphology. The infographic has been used in the teaching of Botany, as it is a digital medium that includes a range of fundamental elements for better understanding of the contents. The objective of this work aimed to investigate the use of infographics of anatomical and morphological structures in the learning of Botany of a class of students in high school at IFPI - campus Teresina Central. The research is qualitative in nature, and is also characterized as explanatory, applied and bibliographic. Survey and post-class questionnaires were elaborated, the latter of which was applied after an online class, with the contents of anatomy and plant morphology, with the aid of infographics. In the survey questionnaire, 75% of the sample analyzed did not present satisfactory results regarding questions about plant anatomy and adaptive structures. In the post-class questionnaire, 40% of the sample showed answers with more ownership about the content taught. These results show the possibility of improving the teaching of Botany in primary education schools, as long as there are adequate teaching strategies, and the commitment to implement the curriculum.