O fantástico mundo de Harry Potter e o ensino de biologia: elaboração de sequências didáticas

Abstract

In the teaching of biology, it is still very common for contents to be mainly taught in an expositive and traditional way in which students are mere listeners of lectures based, in most cases, only in textbooks. There are difficulties associated with certain biology contents that can be related to the excess of complex information such as: nomenclature not easy to be memorized, the need for abstraction and the lack of contextualization with the daily life of the student. These factors ultimately discourage students and make learning even more difficult. In order to facilitate the teaching of biology, this work presents didactic sequence proposals with the use of diversified methodologies for botany, zoology, ecology and genetics classes. For the elaboration of the activities was used one of the sagas of the fantastic literature widely known and loved by the young adults, Harry Potter, written by Joanne Kathleen Rowling. In addition to the seven books written, the saga features eight movies, and a universe that is being expanded by the writer on the Pottermore site and in the films of the sequel Fantastic Beasts. Through the activities, teachers will be able to know new teaching possibilities, adapting the reality of each classroom, and improving the teaching-learning relationship.