O uso da “Horta na escola” e ensino por investigação como ferramenta de ensino e aprendizagem em bioquímica / química de alimentos

Abstract

The exposed work aims to analyze the insertion of the use of the vegetable garden in the school environment combined with teaching by investigation as pedagogical tools for the teaching-learning process, incorporating the active participation of students to assimilate the essential concepts of biochemistry and food chemistry - amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, as well as their usefulness in the social, environmental and economic spheres. The school garden provides studies, research, debates and activities on environmental, food and nutritional issues, while also stimulating a dynamic, participatory and enjoyable educational work, which favors and stimulates the interest of students in chemical knowledge. Thus, a didactic proposal was elaborated considering the inherent needs of the class and the individual particularities of high school students from the public institution Escola Estadual Professor Irene Garrido. Using a questionnaire with application of pre and post-test (phase 1 and phase 2), it was possible to verify a considerable difference in the responses. The pre and post-tests showed an improvement on knowledge, come from the applied innovative methodology, with an improvement of more than 95%, analyzed by the paired and unpaired test. Which, allowed to observe the challenges of using the methodology as proposed in the teaching of chemistry, as well as its importance in the development of cognitive and interactional skills and competences, in the communication and socialization capacity of students based on the teaching-learning tool.