Microbiologia para o ensino médio: descrevendo a realidade de uma escola da cidade de Cuité - PB.

Abstract

Microbiology is classically defined as the area of science that dedicates to the study of organisms that only can be visualized under a microscope. Many times this area is forgotten by teachers and this fact occurs because the great difficulty they find to develop dynamic and attractive strategies of teaching/learning for the students. The objective of this research was to describe the reality of the Microbiology teaching in the high school of the Escola Estadual de Ensino Fundamental e Médio Orlando Venâncio dos Santos located in Cuité city, in Paraíba (PB). The study was conducted during the period of August-October 2011, weekly, with the Biology teacher and high school students of the second year. The procedure adopted was based on the application of semi-structured questionnaires, direct observation, interviews and a survey of practical activities of Microbiology. The textbook used at school follows some of the principles of Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais — PCNs. Both teacher and most of the students interviewed consider the Microbiology an important topic and that is related to our everyday lives. in relation to the practical classes of Microbiology the teacher does not use this didactic modality. However, most of the students prefer this kind of class because they consider it more attractive and dynamic, beyond arousing their curiosity. We have developed two practical activities with the Biology teacher of the school already mentioned and, after that we also developed one of the two experiences with the students of the second year of high school, who demonstrated interest and attention. We have made a didactic revision aid having some experiences and informations/curiosities about the theme with the objective of helping the teacher during the practical classes involving microbiological topics. The data obtained in this research reinforce the necessity in developing new works that

have as objective to perfect the Microbiology teaching in the schools of Cuité- PB.