The teaching of plants in the Basic Education: perceptions and challenges of teachers at schools in Municipal District of Alegrete (RS, Brazil)

• Autor(a) principal: Mann, Moacir Silvestre
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Bertuzzi, Tatiane, Canto-Dorow, Thais Scotti do
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática - REnCiMa
• Texto Completo: https://revistapos.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/rencima/article/view/3272
• topic: Ensino de Ciências; Ensino de Biologia; Ensino de Botânica; Formação Continuada; Educação Básica; Science Teaching; Biology Teaching; Botany Teaching; Continuing Training; Basic Education; Enseñanza de Ciencias; Enseñanza de Biología; Enseñanza de Botánica; Formación Continuada; Educación Básica

The contents about the plants are among the subjects that are standing out in researches on teaching, which has contributed to a change in the way the teaching-learning of Botany is realized by students and teachers. Moreover, the teaching about plants may be challenging and the search for strategies that improve this view, involves knowing the perceptions and difficulties of teachers. The purpose of this research was investigate the perception of teachers who teach Botany, concerns the teaching-learning process, at schools from education network in the Municipal District of Alegrete (RS, Brazil). For this study, it was accomplished an online questionnaire with the participating teachers. The results point to an encouraging aspect related to the teaching of plants, still little observed in the school context, which is the interest of teachers and the perception of them, that students like and are focused in the themes of Botany.  The Continuing Education may be an accessible way to minimize some of the difficulties pointed out by teachers, contributing with theoretical, didactic, methodological updating and space for reflection on contents and skills