ACADEMIC MONITORING: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT LIVED BY ZOOLOGY MONITORS

Abstract

Monitoring is an alternative approach to learning, implemented in Higher Education Institutions with the aim of enhancing academic training through diversified methodological strategies that support the learning process. This article aims to report the experiences gained during the monitoring sessions of the courses Invertebrate Zoology I and Chordate Zoology, with a focus on the methodologies applied. During the monitoring sessions, according to the planning carried out jointly with the course instructor, practical activities were developed following the theoretical studies, covering the following contents: Protozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Osteichthyes, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia. Some of these activities were conducted in the multidisciplinary Biology laboratory, while others took place in the classroom. It is noteworthy that the students participated throughout the classes, with greater engagement and attention during laboratory observation, dissection, slide preparation, and participation in playful-pedagogical activities. In this sense, it is concluded that tutoring contributed both to the improvement of students' learning and to the academic and professional development of the tutor.