Abordagem investigativa aliada a aprendizagem por pares: estratégia pedagógica com estudantes do ensino médio sobre reprodução humana e contracepção

Abstract

Teenage pregnancy is one of the challenges faced by school -age youth. Brazilian legislation recommends that actions that strengthen the awareness of young people about the theme of reproduction and sexuality be offered jointly between the school and the health area. Despite the legal support, censuses show that the transposition of theoretical knowledge into the daily life of students is not coexisting. Aiming to seek alternatives for more significant teaching and learning, the purpose of this work was to combine an investigative approach with peer learning, through the interaction of students of older school age (researcher- students) with those of less advanced grades (researched-students), to address the theme of reproduction and contraception. Initially, the researchers-students were instructed to experience the basic process of investigative work, since the survey of the problem, that is, to detect the vulnerable points of theoretical knowledge in the researched public, perform data collection and make t heir analysis, and from there plan and perform intervention activities. It was possible to verify that, initially, there were gaps in knowledge in both groups of students, but in the group of researcher-student, the data obtained through a quali-quantitative questionnaire indicate that the activity was successful. Interdisciplinary work allowed greater meaning and understanding of the contents of the disciplines involved, improving the analysis capacity of the research er-students. We evaluated as positive the experience of using an investigative approach, with peer mediation, as an educational strategy to address reproduction, teenage pregnancy, and contraception.