A DIDATIC PROPOSAL TO INICIATE THE TEACHING OF HISTOLOGY IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

This present report describes a low cost and simple educational proposal to inspire professors from Elementary school for teaching on Histology, with emphasis on concepts of tissue and extracellular matrix. Twenty students from a public elementary school in Manaus city were invited to participate in a social tutoring program from the Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. After observing a lack of information about basic concepts of histology, it was introduced a practice activity using simple material, aiming to create a tridimensional model of a tissue and its basics components. During the activity, students showed excitement and interest in the presented knowledge, especially because they were able to create their own model of a tissue using the provided material. The experience was an exchange of questions and teaching between students and volunteers. Therefore, this present proposal is helpful for professors to develop a simple practice activity in classroom that may clarify the comprehension of student for difficult and abstract histological concepts.