THE USE OF DIDACTIC MODELS IN THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT

Abstract

The pedagogical exhibition developed by scholarship holders of the Tutorial Education Program in September 2025 had as its objective to expose didactic materials about the evolutionary theme to visitors who participated in the Campus Day of the Federal Farroupilha Institute – São Vicente do Sul Campus. Initially, the theme was planned and organized so that the materials could be developed following a timeline, the Big Bang Theory; afterwards, the materials were created so that the participants could visualize what was being discussed. With the materials ready, an exhibition space was created so that the external community could observe the exhibition and also interact with it. During the activity, it was possible to observe the curiosity and attention of each one who followed the exhibition, thus making it a very productive activity for the scholarship holders and also for the visitors. Finally, evolution is a subject considered by many authors as something difficult, this occurs due to several teaching difficulties such as very abstract contents, religious dogmas and even scientific denialism; however, from the didactic materials and the applied pedagogical action it was possible to relate that when we bring the theory closer to something visible, it is possible to generate more interest and curiosity, and, as a consequence, the improvement of the understanding of the theories involved.