A microbiologia está entre nós: a ubiquidade microbiana vista pelos alunos do segundo ano do ensino médio de uma escola pública no município de Fortaleza – Ceará.

Abstract

The teaching of Biology covers very diverse subjects, however, some of these contents are passed to the students with a restricted vision. This restricted access on the part of the students leads to the perpetuation of some ideas as major and unique, which generates a series of problems. As is emphasized in this work, have only positive or negative views of a particular subject, deprives the thought of analyzes and various perspectives and consequently prevents a reflection that generates criticalness. The aim of this study was to show different perspectives of a given content in a different way from what is traditionally addressed in the school environment. For this, the theme was chosen Microbiology, emphasizing microbial ubiquity. Here, it was demonstrated the presence and importance of microorganisms in various environments. The target audience was the students on second year of High School, Fortaleza-CE. Resources of active methodologies were used, such as theoretical-practical classes, application of questionnaires and elaboration of informative material. The results obtained from the use of these teaching methods were satisfactory and achieved the expected results. This allowed to show that the content was understood and that the students were able to integrate them to other areas of teaching, further realizes the insertion in the daily life. Added to this, in a more pedagogical vision it was also verified that it was possible to execute significant learning theory and scientific methodologies in order to promote a better understanding of the students. Thus, we conclude that the work performed aggregated knowledge of microbiology, providing students with a more comprehensive view on the subject of microbial ubiquity. Demystifying thus the emphasis given only in the perspective that microorganisms are "villains" and are only found in "dirty" places. However, there are a lot of information to be explored that has not been possible to work only in the execution of this project. Therefore, we understand that we need to promote a constant search for knowledge and the best ways to understand it.