Etnobotânica:

Abstract

The study aimed to reflect on the importance of teaching Botany in basic education from the references of Ethnobotany of the students of the 8th year of Elementary School of the Escola Família Agrícola (EFA) located in the rural area of the municipality of Porto Nacional - TO. Ethnobotany can be a contribution tool for effective learning in Botany content, as in addition to promoting the rescue of popular culture, it makes it possible for students to express their knowledge about plants. For the learning process to be effective, it is necessary to use different teaching methods that encourage reflective attitudes on the part of students, providing opportunities for participation, experiencing different experiences, making decisions, building arguments to compose conclusions. Teaching in a natural environment with real plants can be a teaching strategy that eliminates abstraction and builds knowledge in a concrete context, allowing students to interpret knowledge. In this research, the bibliographic review was adopted as a methodology, through a rescue of the concepts associated with the theme in question and the qualitative study, through the use of participant research, through the accomplishment of a pedagogical practice carried out with the students of the 8th year of the EFA located in the rural area of Porto Nacional – TO. The research results were satisfactory, leading to the conclusion that the more contextualized and co-participative the teaching is, the closer it will be to promoting meaningful learning. Therefore, it is necessary to know the reality of education to provide new learning tools, rethink faulty methods and evaluate pedagogical practices that focus on the quality of teaching.