Potencialidades do uso de modelos em impressão 3D em escala real para o ensino do sistema endócrino na educação básica

Abstract

The use of didactic models has been gaining more and more space in the teaching of anatomy as a whole, given its great potential in this context, in addition to its greater viability when compared to the use of cadavers for the same purpose, especially in basic education. Therefore, this research dealt with the three-dimensional prototyping of anatomical models of the endocrine system, with the central objective of identifying the potential of the uses of 3D printing in the teaching of anatomy and physiology for basic education, where the problem of the research arose from the observation of the unreality of the size of the didactic models used to teach this subject, justifying the choice of the theme, since this unreality can negatively affect the teaching-learning process, with 3D printing being a possible solution to this problem. The methodology of the work is characterized as applied, qualitative, descriptive and evaluative, since it is the production of an educational product. Thus, at the end of the work, the prototyping and three-dimensional modeling of the endocrine system was concluded, putting forward a differentiated proposal for approaching this content, based on the validation of the pieces by Science and Biology teachers of basic education using a validation instrument, bringing the possibility of a new perspective for teaching the system in question.