Estudo sobre concepções docentes e abordagem do tema evolução ecológica: uma análise nas escolas públicas da Paraíba e Rio Grande do Norte.

Abstract

Biological evolution is seen as a fundamental content within biological sciences, since their understanding is indispensable for understanding a series of other contents, such as Biodiversity, among many other biological themes and processes. The study of the Evolution theme is very relevant for students of all grades, especially those in high school, since this content is the basis for several others. Even so, this content does not receive due merit in the high school syllabus, which may lead the student to think that such a topic is not relevant to their formation, Which is a misconception. Scoring the principles inherent to biological evolution as indispensable for the understanding of biological sciences, as well as the difficulties found in the literature of the area, that surround their teaching and learning, The objective of this study is to investigate the difficulties of the, emphasize the relevance of the content theory of biological evolution and identify which personal conceptions of teachers on the subject, in the school curriculum of high school students in schools in Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte, making a quantitative and qualitative analysis through the application of questionnaires with high school teachers. The results obtained evidenced the lack that the teachers present of this theme, since the textbook itself offered by the schools has limited content, thus, it is necessary to seek other didactic resources. The research, expose the deficit in the development of the subject Biological Evolution in high school and portrayed some strategies used by teachers to bypass the shortage of didactic resources. In this way, it is necessary to restructure the teaching material used by schools and the school curriculum in full