“Conexões de saberes” e o ensino de biologia: implicações da extensão na formação inicial docente

Abstract

The present work is an experience report on the Conexões de Saberes Program: dialogues between the university and popular communities, which took place in the second half of 2022. The program aims to respond, efficiently, to the challenge of building common spaces for exchanging knowledge and activities between the University and Society, the Community Pre-university course is run there, which aims to provide conditions for students from Public Schools to participate in the Selection Process at UFAL and/or other public or private HEIs. From this perspective, the CS has contributed to the inclusion of young people from the popular classes, in addition to offering conditions for carrying out training activities for university students. The intention of this work is to identify the implications of the Conexões de Saberes Extension Project in initial teacher training in Biological Sciences, who works in the project as a monitor of Natural Sciences and their Technologies. To achieve this, it is important to know the function of extension projects and identify the potentialities and limitations experienced by the monitor, and finally, understand whether the actions carried out in the project meet their objectives. In this report, the qualitative descriptive method was used, and through documentary research, analyzes were made of the contributions of Biology monitoring at Conexões de Saberes in initial teacher training. In addition, the activities of the Conexões de Saberes Community Pre-Enem Course are explored, as well as the specific activities of Biology monitoring. Through this project, it was possible to start teaching practice, and overcome several difficulties pertinent to “being a teacher”, given the need for solid teaching training that prepares graduates theoretically and methodologically. Through projects such as the community Pre-Enem Conexões de Saberes, undergraduate students have the opportunity to begin their teaching practice, learn to solve problems pertinent to the profession, in addition to overcoming difficulties, and last but not least, they are able to understand whether they are actually following the profession. that they want in life.