Interações ecológicas : um guia de estudos participativo

Abstract

The main objectives of this study are: to present and discuss the ecological interactions, to enable students to understand the importance of relationships established between living beings and the environment, in a balanced way. Thus, to provide a participatory, dialogic and problematizing teaching on ecological interactions, the Educational Product entitled “Ecological Interactions: A Guide to Participatory Studies”, was elaborated in order to facilitate the educator's work by contributing to the students' secondary education of basic education perceive the importance of these interactions, identified not only through the textbooks but also in other media of information and mainly in the daily practices, since for the awareness to be necessary the perception that such relations are present in the environment in which one lives. The main theories of learning used in the preparation of the guide were the Cognitivist and the Constructivist, because these are the ones that are closest to the purposes of the study. The methodology adopted was the bibliographical research, used for the contextualization of the theme and definition of the main concepts, and exploratory research, through a form sent to professors with a degree in Biology. The purpose of this form was to obtain the analysis and evaluation of the participants on the feasibility of using the study guide in biology classes. The results obtained showed that the Educational Product had good acceptance among the participants, since most of the collaborators evaluated it positively and stated that they would use it in their classes, stating that it presents didactics and adequate methodology and easy comprehension. Finally, considering the answers of the collaborators and the comments on the activities included in the study guide, as well as the suggestions of some bibliographies to work on the topic in high school, it is concluded that the objectives of the Educational Product presented were achieved.