Análise de conteúdo de resumos produzidos por monitores do Laboratório Didático de Biologia Celular – Biolab apresentados nos encontros universitários da UFC

Abstract

The teaching initiation consists of the opportunity for students to experience teaching in an oriented way and in constant learning. Although present at all levels of education, monitoring is highlighted in teacher training courses, representing an improvement in educational processes by bringing students closer to teachers through monitors. With importance in academic development, monitoring is regulated in Brazil through Teaching Initiation Programs (PID), applied in educational institutions through their own regulations and that demand from monitors functions of educational monitoring of teachers and students. At the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), the selection criteria and functions of the monitors are defined by means of a selection notice, which can include more than one academic scholarship program. The objective of this work is to classify the abstracts presented by BioLab monitors at the UFC University Meetings in order to understand trends of interest and point out needs, in order to guide teachers and monitors in the execution of their activities and in the construction of their work. The abstracts were collected by searching the official website addresses of the meetings, using the search tools by meeting and by advisor, and were classified by criteria according to the content analysis methodology, by thematic addressed and by biological study model. As for participation in the meetings, the editions of the Teaching Initiation Meetings are highlighted, due to their mandatory participation of monitors regulated by the PID/UFC. In all, 132 abstracts were retrieved, of which 30 refer to the suggestion of practice in microscopy, 23 to the production of support materials and 20 to the updating of practices already performed in the laboratory's teaching routine. As for the production of support material, most refer to the production of didactic boards, videos and construction or updating of the practices manual. For thematic categorization, 49.24% of the abstracts point to microscopy as a study tool and 20.46% to experimentation. Of the 132 abstracts, only four referred to accessibility, strengthening the on-demand character of accessibility to teaching spaces, and only one pointed to the continuing education of monitors, requiring greater attention to these points in order to build a more integrative and constructive. For the biological model, the plant showed higher frequency, given the ease of obtaining and handling these materials; followed by the animal, especially blood cells. In conclusion, content analysis methods are of great importance for the construction of an educational system in constant advancement, since through the reflexive action of the constructed knowledge there are improvements in educational processes. In addition, experiences as a monitor have a strong influence on the professional follow-up of students, such as the choice of teaching, requiring attention to continued training and a greater prevalence of accessibility, in order to add better training to academic training.