EXPLORANDO A MORFOLOGIA VEGETAL E AS PLANTAS MEDICINAIS: uma abordagem integrada para o Ensino de Botânica

Abstract

The teaching of Botany, especially in the field of plant morphology, faces challenges related to the decontextualization of content and the difficulty students have in recognizing and understanding plant structures and their respective functions. Given this scenario, the present study aimed to investigate the contribution of an integrated approach between plant morphology and medicinal plants to promoting more meaningful learning in Botany education. This work is an applied research study, with a mixed-methods approach (qualitative and quantitative), combining quantitative analysis of results obtained through pre- and post-tests with qualitative analysis of student work in a digital portfolio. It was conducted with second-year high school students. The pedagogical intervention involved an expository lesson using visual resources (slides) and the showing of a video produced by the authors. The results indicated improvements in the identification of plant structures and parts used for medicinal purposes, as well as demonstrating a greater appreciation of the school as a space for the construction of scientific knowledge, showing that the integrated approach favors more meaningful and contextualized learning