Percepções de alunos do ensino médio sobre o sistema nervoso

Abstract

Mental models are, cognitive science, a means to characterize the ways in which people understand and interact with phenomena in general and this concept has been used in teaching science research. This work was conducted in a public school with 15 high school students and aimed to analyze the mental models that were represented by these students about the nervous system (NS) and thus generate a discussion in order to contribute to the improving the process of teaching and learning of science, particularly biology, construction and deconstruction of these mental models about Nervous System (NS). The methodological approach used in this study was qualitative, both through the use of concept maps as a debate, in which the data were documented and analyzed through field diary. The results showed that the students represent their mental models of nervous system (NS) categorized into three classes defined. This research also sought to reflect on the teaching methods used in the classroom, indicating some consequences and limitations to student learning and possible justification for the emergence of these mental models in the study.