Jogo de tabuleiro como estratégia pedagógica no ensino de botânica no ensino médio

Abstract

The teaching of Botany is often perceived by students as a difficult subject, due to its complexity of terms. These difficulties are mainly related to the use of traditional methodologies. Given this scenario, it becomes necessary for teachers to use pedagogical methodologies to teach this area, encouraging students to participate in classes; thus making them easy to understand. Thus, the present study had the general objective of analyzing the understanding of second-year high school students in relation to Botany content, with the main focus on the morphology of angiosperms, through the creation of a board game on trails. The game was applied to 14 students from a 2nd year high school class at an institution called CETI – Centro Estadual de Tempo Integral Tertuliano Sólon Brandão, located in the municipality of Pedro II, Piauí. The methodology used for this work was quantitative, with the application of two printed questionnaires to collect data. Questionnaire Q1 asked students about their prior Knowlwdge regarding Botany content. Questionnaire Q2, applied after using the board game, aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of this methodology in learning the content. The results obtained were stisfactory, there was a greater number of correct answers in the post-test, in addition to an increase in students interaction during the application of the game. Therefore, the importance of using teaching Botany was verified. This type of tool has proven to be efficient in the teaching-learning process, making the content more dynamic and fun to understand and learn.