TEACHING AND SCIENTIFIC TAXIDERMY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL STUDENTS DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC (Atena Editora)

Abstract

The university extension project promotes the exchange of knowledge and experiences between academic and population communities, thus facilitating the learning process. The theoretical-practical course developed by the extension project of Taxidermy of domestic and wild animals brings innovation in science teaching, integrating teachers and students of the Agricultural Technical College "José Bonifácio" (CTA) with students and teachers of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinarians at UNESP in Jaboticabal (FCAV). A virtual room was created in Google Classroom, in which all class material and activities were available to students. Twenty-two students from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of CTA High School and 12 undergraduate students from FCAV participated in the theoretical-practical course on taxidermy, the activities carried out by the students were analyzed in order to understand the impact of the different didactic resources used in the student learning. At the end of the course, a questionnaire was applied so that students could evaluate their experiences with the course, strengths and areas for improvement. And in general, the students demonstrated good performance, showing that the classes were effective and the students achieved significant learning. The course was able to overcome the challenges of distance learning, by motivating and arousing students' interest in animal morphology.