Conceptual Obstacles for Teachers in Plant Anatomy: Continuing training parameters for teachers who teach Botany
Plant Morphology, Conceptual Contents, Amazon, Meaningful Learning
This project aims to discuss the role of continuing teacher training actions to improve the quality of botany teaching with an emphasis on Plant Anatomy in basic education. Through the problem that is a major challenge in the classroom for many teachers, which are the conceptual obstacles in plant anatomy present among biology teachers. To carry out this study, basic education teachers will be approached, who are part of or have graduated from a professional master's degree in Biology teaching, at a federal public university, in Belém-Pará. The methodology will have as its research context the Continuing Training of Biology Teachers who teach botany. Data collection will be done using an electronic form containing questions distributed in blocks of questions linked to three blocks, namely: a) How I learned plant anatomy during my undergraduate studies: set of questions to highlight traces of memory about how the teacher current learned plant anatomy during graduation (initial training); b) How I teach plant anatomy to my students: set of questions about the teacher's current practice when teaching plant anatomy to his basic education students (school practice); c) Basic concepts in Plant Anatomy: set of basic conceptual questions about plant anatomy that structure other knowledge about this knowledge in botany (conceptual obstacles). The investments in this research are in the search for the pedagogical qualification of botany teaching through the development of concepts and practices of pedagogical innovation, within the various dimensions of Biology teaching. Pedagogical innovation in botany teaching is decisive for monitoring the evolution of knowledge in this area of study.