PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING CYTOLOGY / HISTOLOGY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Studying biology without practical activities makes its subjects monotonous and abstract. It is known that practical activities contribute to student learning. Subjects such as cytology and histology need pedagogical resources to facilitate the sedimentation of knowledge by students. The objective of this extension project was to teach Cytology and Histology to high school students with the aid of practical classes, as well as to consolidate a protocol manual for classes in Cell Biology and Histology of the Natural Sciences courses at UFAM. Through the bibliographic survey, the most viable protocols were chosen to be applied in the classroom. After protocols were chosen, extension workers were trained to teach Cytology and Histology classes to high school students. The objectives were achieved by consolidating the practices of Cytology and Histology and contributing to the learning of this discipline for both extension workers and high school students. In this way, the students of IFAM had the opportunity to visualize contents previously only available in theory. Teachers of this public institution can also take advantage of the practices carried out during the project. The production of the Cytology and Histology workbook was and continues to be useful for UFAM teachers since it has been consolidated for continuous use in the practical classes of these disciplines in the Natural Sciences course.