EVALUATION OF BOTANICAL CONTENT ADDRESSED IN BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS

Abstract

The textbook is a valuable resource for student teachers in supporting school performance and, to facilitate the relationship between both parties, it is necessary that this teaching resource is updated, in accordance with the new guidelines for high school, reducing the traditional act memorization mechanic. In this sense, because there are problems related to the contents of Botany in the biology textbooks of high school, the idea arose to do a job to base the biology teachers in the analysis of these contents. Selecting these books is an extremely important task for meaningful learning. For that, it is necessary to establish specific criteria in order to choose these books efficiently. The present work was developed from four of the main books used in public and private schools in the municipality of Areia-PB, indicated by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) for the triennium from 2015 to 2017. Each content was critically analyzed by work, indicating the authors who work best on that content.