AREAS OF BIOLOGY: IN WHICH STUDENTS FEEL PREPARED?

Abstract

Biological Sciences have several areas that can attract students' attention, making them dedicate themselves to them to the point of considering themselves prepared to act as professionals, especially when considering the training of teachers. In order to identify in which areas students feel “more” and “less” prepared to work, a descriptive research was developed. Students from a Biological Sciences Degree course from a Higher Education Institution located in the interior of the state of Ceará, which is a campus belonging to the State University of Ceará, were interviewed. The focus was on students from the last two semesters (8th and 9th), who wanted to answer a questionnaire prepared on the Google Forms platform, which occurred with subsequent analysis by the Microsoft Excel 2016 program, with the data being transformed into percentages and expressed in form of tables. The results show that the areas of “greatest” preparation are Ecology, Genetics and Zoology; and in the areas of "lesser" preparation, Botany was mentioned above all. The results lead to the conclusion that in undergraduate courses all areas of Biological Sciences must be equally strengthened with regard to the construction of knowledge, and students should also pay attention to the pedagogical aspect involved in these.