Plantas medicinais dos Campos Gerais como recurso de ensino e extensão

Abstract

This work aims to make use of medicinal plants as a teaching and extension resource in a perspective of scientific literacy, aiming to diagnose the previous knowledge, developing and building new knowledge and concepts, in order to approximate the relationship between the university and the communities, sharing them dialogically. This research has an applied, descriptive, exploratory character and is characterized as action research in the Campos Gerais region, where it covered the state education network, traditional community, civil society and higher education institution. Data were collected through participant observation throughout the actions and written / evaluative activities performed at the end of the practices, having the data analysis in a qualitative way. According to the responses obtained during the actions, it was possible to analyze the relevance that medicinal plants end up providing, as it aroused the interest and curiosity of the different publics that honored the work, even breaking some barriers such as prejudice and discrimination regarding the theme. At the end of the actions it was possible to elaborate an e-book about medicinal plants of Campos Gerais in order to disseminate the knowledge obtained throughout the project. Different interventions were made, strengthening the ties between communities and the university, valuing the historical, cultural and natural heritage.