Desenvolvimento de software: ferramenta de ensino de micologia para o nível médio

Abstract

Biology teaching, over time, has been modified and updated concerning to the new methodologies and technologies of teaching Science. With the advance of computing, the computer promoted a series of changes not only on the robotics, medicine, agriculture, but also on education. In this sense, several studies point to the use of computer technologies to offer a diversity of new proceedings and resources of content learning, beyond the exclusively theoretical approaches. The main objective of this work was the development of a software as a tool of biology teaching, with a specific focus on mycology, studied in the middle school as the Kingdom of Fungi. It belongs to a wider chapter denominated Microbiology. The lack of connection between the microbiology topics and the life routine turns the learning of this important theme to a challenging task. It is necessary to develop strategies and technologies of teaching and learning that helps the teacher to stimulate the students to get curious about microorganisms and the possible relation of them to disease, food conservation, biotechnological applications, and so on. Understanding the contribution that an educational software can bring, a database software was developed as teaching resource about fungi, macro- and microscopic images, morphologic characteristics and the main properties of different genres, pathogenicity and/or biotechnological interests. The software DIGITAL MYCOTECA was used with students of the first year of the high school level of the Centro Educacional Santa Teresinha Analyzing the qualitative quantitative Questionnaires, initial (M1) and final (M2), answered by the students and the application of the practical class realized in the software laboratory, it could be seen that the proposed classes including the software DIGITAL MYCOTECA as a teaching tool, contributed to the learning about the Fungi Kingdom. It was evidenced, according to the students, that the classes were interesting and comprehensive. The results indicated that the use of appropriate educational software, can contribute with the teaching of mycology at the high school level.