摘要：Este trabajo describe el desarrollo de diversas actividades prácticas de microscopía en las aulas como instrumentos de motivación para el estudio de las Ciencias Naturales y la Biología; todo ello con el objetivo final de mejorar la formación científica de los estudiantes de educación primaria y secundaria. Las actividades han sido elaboradas por el equipo del Programa de Extensión Um mundo através das lentes , con la colaboración de los profesores de dicho ciclo educativo y de acuerdo con los objetivos científicos y didácticos previamente planteados. Las actividades se llevaron a cabo entre alumnos de escuelas públicas de primaria ( ensino fundamental ) y secundaria ( ensino médio ) en los laboratorios del Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brasil), como complemento de las clases teóricas. Una vez realizadas estas actividades, hemos encuestado a los participantes mediante un cuestionario en el que las evalúan y donde recogen sus impresiones con respecto a cómo éstas mejoran su aprendizaje. El análisis de los resultados muestra que los alumnos participantes en el proyecto tienen la oportunidad de acceder a un nivel de conocimiento práctico sobre microscopía que la escuela pública no les proporciona hasta la fecha. Además reconocen la contribución de las actividades de microscopía en su aprendizaje y formación científica. Finalmente, los resultados muestran que los alumnos participantes en el proyecto presentan una mayor motivación para el estudio durante y después de la realización de las clases prácticas. Palabras-clave: Educación científica; Enseñanza de las Ciencias; Biología; Laboratorio escolar “A World through Glasses”: the microscopy classes as a motivational strategy for the study of Sciences and Biology Abstract: This paper describes how to use microscopes in the classroom as motivational instruments in the study of Natural Science and Biology, thereby improving primary and secondary science education. The activities were undertaken by the Um mundo atraves das lentes Extension Program team with the collaboration of the primary and secondary teachers, pursuant to previously established scientific and teaching goals. The activities were engaged by students from public elementary and high school at the Instituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil) laboratories, supplementing theoretical class components. After the students participated in the practical sessions, we asked the participants to respond to an evaluation questionnaire and give their impressions on how their learning was enhanced. The results of the survey show that the students who participated in the project were able to obtain practical knowledge on microscopy that the public school has not offered them to date. Students also acknowledged that the microscopy activities provided them with hands-on scientific knowledge. Finally, survey results show that the students who participated in the project became more motivated in their studies both during and after the practical sessions.
其他摘要：This paper describes how to use microscopes in the classroom as motivational instruments in the study of
Natural Science and Biology, thereby improving primary and secondary science education. The activities were
undertaken by the Um mundo atraves das lentes Extension Program team with the collaboration of the primary and
secondary teachers, pursuant to previously established scientific and teaching goals. The activities were engaged by
students from public elementary and high school at the Instituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande
do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil) laboratories, supplementing theoretical class components. After the students participated
in the practical sessions, we asked the participants to respond to an evaluation questionnaire and give their impressions
on how their learning was enhanced. The results of the survey show that the students who participated in the project
were able to obtain practical knowledge on microscopy that the public school has not offered them to date. Students
also acknowledged that the microscopy activities provided them with hands-on scientific knowledge. Finally, survey
results show that the students who participated in the project became more motivated in their studies both during and
after the practical sessions.
关键词：Educación científica; Enseñanza de las Ciencias; Biología; Laboratorio
escolar
其他关键词：Science Education; Teaching of Science; Biology; School Laboratory
