Concepções dos licenciados em biologia sobre atividades práticas no ensino de ciências e biologia.

Abstract

With the purpose of teaching Biology, it was of interest to open the doors to a possible reflection and discussion about practical activities, a very important component present and discussed in Science and Biology teaching. This research aims to know what students think or know about the practical activities developed during the training process. The research was developed with students from the Degree in Biology from CES, carried out using a form with fourteen multiple choice questions and a subjective question from 15 to 30 October 2010. The form is divided into three stages, covering information and questions about the characterization of the research subject, about the training process of students in the course and the future performance of students as a teacher. The research was developed with a sample of 104 students distributed in the 2nd, 4th, So, 6th, 7th and 8th periods and the development of the forms took place according to the availability meetings with students in classes where teachers provided spaces for the development of the forms. It was of interest of the research to observe if there have been changes or not in the students' conceptions. In view of the results obtained, the practical activities need a re-evaluation and reflection on the part of the components that are in the process of formation and also, of those that contribute to let this process happen.