Training biochemistry undergraduate students to be teachers

• Autor(a) principal: Granjeiro, P.A.
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, R.I.M.A., Silva, J.A., Martins-Santos, M.E.S., Torres, B.B
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Bioquímica
• Texto Completo: http://bioquimica.org.br/revista/ojs/index.php/REB/article/view/117
• topic: biochemistry students, high school students, teacher, winter course, science.

In the last few decades the economic revolution has contributed for significant changes in  the  global  scene.  The  speed  and  mobility  of  the  information  have  fortified  the competition and increased the competitiveness through the knowledge applied to the science and technological innovation. In this context, in 2008, a graduation course of Biochemistry at UFSJ was created, with the objective to form professionals to research and education in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. One of the tools used to develop the skills of education of our students is their participation in an optional discipline aiming at  developing  and  implementing  practical  and  theoretical  winters  courses  for  High School students. The content of the discipline consists of choosing themes, selecting and  organizing  the  topics,  preparing  written  material,  establishing  the  methodological strategies, planning the evaluation tools and, finally, as teachers, conducting the course. In the last two years the themes consisted in free radicals, bioactives, bioenergy, DNA, biotechnology  of  microorganisms,  genetics  of  cancer,  cellular  therapy,  and  medicinal chemistry. The evaluation of the experience by biochemistry and high school students was very positive. Biochemistry students considered this experience to be unique and recommended it to their schoolmates; the high school students gave very high scores to the courses and the teachers. In conclusion this course was a great experience for both undergraduate students that might become teachers and for high school students that have rare opportunity to participate in science and technology practical classes, which are normally insufficient in their formation.