Interdisciplinary Botany Teaching: possibilities and challenges facing the final years of Elementary School
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36661/2595-4520.2023v6n6.13338Keywords:
Natural sciences; content fragmentation; conceptual map; object of knowledge.Abstract
The objective of this research was to identify the possibilities and main challenges of Botany teaching for an interdisciplinary approach in the final years of elementary school. The research was qualitative carried out through a documentary analysis of the areas of knowledge of the BNCC. The method used was discourse analysis by Bardin (2011). The analysis included a study of the text, selection of thematic units that included aspects related to photosynthetic organisms and the construction of a conceptual map showing the possible interactions to effect contextualization and interdisciplinarity. A great fragmentation of the content was noticed due to the approach of chemical, physical and biological concepts distributed in three thematic units in the same academic year. However, it was observed that within each year there are some contents related to Botany, not only within the Natural Sciences, but also in other areas, such as human sciences, mathematics and Languages and their Technologies. The results show several subjects that present a dialogue between Botany and other areas of knowledge, indicating the possibility of a work with an interdisciplinary approach. However, this construction is still a challenge, as the guiding document does not make these interfaces clear, which will depend on the teacher's choices and the joint planning between the areas