Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: VALDIR AVELINO DE PAIVA

PUBLIC HEALTH INDICATORS: A DIDACTIC SEQUENCE BASED ON THE SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION II

Sleep-wake cycle, Public Health Indicator, science teaching.

Participatory research is inserted in a school context of teaching carried out in the 7th year of elementary school, focused on the study of chronobiology (part of biology that studies the temporal dimension of living matter, that is, biological rhythms), which is based on a circadian cycle with the sleep-wake cycle rhythm, a rhythm that may significantly interfere with cognitive performance, compromising learning and human health. In this context, the theme arises: “Public health indicators: a didactic sequence based on the sleep-wake cycle with elementary school students”, which emerges from a set of observations and experiences in the classroom, making it possible to perceive during the process of teaching students presenting characteristics of drowsiness, irritability, lack of interest and slowness in carrying out their school activities, during natural science classes. In this way, the research work seeks to analyze the sleep hygiene of 7th grade students, through a didactic sequence, focused on the circadian cycle, in particular the rhythm of the sleep-wake cycle, associated as an indicator of public health. Therefore, in a propulsive way, the following question arises: to what extent could a sequence of activities addressing issues related to sleep bring contributions and changes to students' sleep hygiene? And yet, would it be possible to use this theme to address curricular contents provided for in the BNCC? The methodological approach will be of a qualitative nature, based on the development and application of the Didactic Sequence — SD, guided by the Three Pedagogical Moments – TMPs, with students from the (7th) year of elementary school in the classroom. The data collection procedure in this research will be from the instrument of questionnaires with closed and open questions, which will be treated and studied through Bardin's analysis contents.