Mapas conceituais como material didático complementar no ensino-aprendizado do sistema articular

Abstract

Human Anatomy is the science that studies the human body on a macro and microscopic level. Therefore, anatomy is an essential subject for the training of health professionals. New active teaching-learning methodologies have been used for anatomical studies and among them are the Conceptual Maps (MC's), which, in order to obtain more satisfactory results with significant learning, proves to be an effective and adequate method. The objective of this work is to elaborate MC's in order to provide a complementary teaching material, for undergraduate students, in the practical study of the articular system. After studying textbooks and searching scientific databases, meetings were held with project members to define the subject and approve the content. The maps were created with the support of the Cmap Tools® platform (version 6.04). The final approved material totaled 12 maps, organized with color code (three different shades of yellow) in order to facilitate understanding. It is interesting to point out that the visual organization of the teaching material is important for use in practical classes of the joint system, given the extent of the content, the time available and the fact that students are still adapting to higher education. In this sense, it is understood that the MC's were the appropriate didactic resource for the proposed content. The result will compose the subsequent publication of didactic support material for students and professors of human anatomy.