CELL BIOLOGY: A PROPOSAL FOR AN INVESTIGATIVE DIDACTIC SEQUENCE WITH CHARGES PREPARATION IN HIGH SCHOOL
Learning; Cytology; Investigative teaching; Cartoon
Science Teaching is currently seen as a primary tool for the construction of scientific knowledge. Thus, teaching Science is to provoke the student, it is to bring up discussions and reflections on essential concepts for the construction of knowledge. Teaching by investigation is presented with the intention of promoting a more dynamic and effective teaching, providing ways for the student to systematize previous knowledge to new concepts, enabling him to be a protagonist in his teaching and learning process. In this scenario, it is possible to highlight some methodological resources. Among them, an active methodology, such as the investigative didactic sequence followed by the production of cartoons, can stimulate learning and bring up discussions of essential concepts, especially on topics related to cell biology. The objective of this work is to use the production of cartoons about the morphology and physiology of the eukaryotic cell, in an investigative approach, as a methodology that facilitates learning about cytology contents in the 1st year of high school. For this, it proposes the application of an investigative didactic sequence and contextualization of learning from the production of cartoons involving the cellular machinery, as well as its metabolism. The results will be collected through the application of questionnaires, reports on each stage of the didactic sequence and photographic records of the production of cartoons that will allow concluding whether the students effectively understood the contents.