Abstract

MUJICA, Henry. Aplicación de una guia didáctica de patología vegetal, en la especialidad de educación agropecuaria de la upel - ipb. Paradìgma [online]. 2006, vol.27, n.2, pp.175-191. ISSN 1011-2251.

The education of experimental sciences must promote the scientific spirit to optimize the learning process. In this sense, the present work was developed considering the of type investigation-action. The objective at this research was the application of a practical guide in a section of 35 students from the subject plant pathology of the III  semester of Farming Education of the UPEL-IPB. To get this goal, the corresponding guide to the Unit 2 of this Program was designed with the purpose of studying the associated microorganisms to horticultural crops, the resource was validated by expert judgment. In relation to the didactic-pedagogical aspect, the application of the guide allowed students to obtain greater knowledge, to handle instruments and equipment, and to acquire abilities and skills in the techniques of the modern plant pathology, which was verified during the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the activity. In relation to the scientific content, the results demonstrated that the techniques included in the guide for the experimental phase, were effective for the study of the populations of fungi associated to the soursop, standing out those that implied the culture media use, since they allowed a greater growth of the colonies with respect to another technique applied like the humid camera. In addition, the resource facilitated the identification of the sorts of found fungi, among them: Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Gliocladium, Mucor, Trichoderma, Botryodiplodia, Colletotrichum, Cercóspora, Cladosporium and Rhizopus.

Keywords : didactic; farming; education; science.