Análise de conhecimentos sobre biotecnologia difundidos entre estudantes de ensino médio e de ensino superior (graduação e pós-graduação).

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate what high school, undergraduate and postgraduate students think about Biotechnology associated with Microbiology in Biology teaching-learning, with an emphasis on the CTS approach. Data for the analysis were obtained through questionnaires answered by students from state schools of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba and undergraduate and graduate students of the Federal University of Campina Grande in Cuité-PB. The results suggest that, although some basic knowledge about the themes studied has been identified, the contextualization does not seem to be present yet in daily teaching activity, even when dealing with subjects that are in people's daily lives, besides having observed standardizations in the responses of several students . This finding is important so that future teaching practices are rethought in order to properly interpret a single science aimed at attempting to solve social problems.