ACTIVE METHODOLOGIES IN TEACHING PARASITOLOGY: PRODUCTION OF MODELS, GAMES AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES

• Grant number: 25/02420-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2025
• End date: June 30, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Helminthology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Fabiana Martins de Paula
• Grantee: Fabiana Martins de Paula
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Allana Martins Vasconcelos ; Gessica Baptista de Melo ; Isis Akemi Katayama ; Maiara Gottardi ; Marcelo Andreetta Corral ; Paula Adriane Piccolo Pieruzzi ; Ronaldo Cesar Borges Cryschek
• Associated research grant: 22/02401-1 - Evaluation of Strongyloides venezuelensis heterologous antigen in the immunodiagnosis of human Strongyloidiasis: a study between Brazil, Peru and Portugal, AP.R

Abstract

The teaching methodology should encompass a set of didactic strategies in order to achieve the teaching and learning objectives, aiming for maximum benefit from students. The production of resources such as three-dimensional models, educational games or videos are strategies that communicate with students and can be used as educational strategies in different world scenarios. The present study aims to build models of evolutionary stages of the main geohelminths that cause human diseases, produce educational games aimed at prophylactic measures against parasitic infections and produce videos using the social network Tiktok to disseminate measures on "Geohelminthiasis Prevention" for application as disease prevention and health promotion measures in public school students and evaluate the implementation of these strategies. The models, games and videos will be developed for application in the municipal school network of Sorocaba. After application, a prospective cross-sectional study will be carried out with questionnaire analysis. Classes will be taught using active educational strategies. A Likert scale questionnaire will be used to perceive learning. We believe that this proposal can help raise awareness of the importance of geo-helminthiasis in our environment. (AU)