Obstáculos epistemológicos no ensino e na aprendizagem da teoria da evolução na formação inicial de professores de biologia: implicações do conhecimento religioso

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Firmino, Simone Gomes
• Orientador(a): Echeverria, Agustina Rosa
• Banca de defesa: Echeverria, Agustina Rosa , Guimaraes, Simone Sendin Moreira , Galli, Leonardo Martin Gonzalez
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação em Ciências e Matemática (PRPG)
• Departamento: Pró-Reitoria de Pós-graduação (PRPG)
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Formação inicial de professores; Teoria da evolução; Conhecimento religioso; Obstáculos epistemológicos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Initial formation of a teacher; Theory of evolution; Religious knowledge; Epistemological obstacles
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: EDUCACAO::TOPICOS ESPECIFICOS DE EDUCACAO
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/4663

The fundamental aim of this work was to investigate the epistemological obstacles in the initial formation of a Biology teacher, originated in components of the religious thought such as Teleology, Dualism and the acceptance of supernatural forces. Furthermore, it aimed to identify the conceptions of teachers in formation about Science and the Theory of Evolution as well as to characterize the scientific/specific knowledge of Evolution as one of the guidelines in the process of formation of a Biology teacher. Thus, the investigation took place where Biology teachers receive their initial formation, the University. The research is justified by the necessity of having, in fact: a consistent scientific formation in which the scientific knowledge can be the fundamental object of this formation; the epistemological formation can be established on the teacher practice and the possible obstacles in the learning process can be overcome. Methodologically, we are based on a qualitative approach concerning the descriptions and critical reflections derived from the collected data and analysis. Three classes were researched from the subject Evolutionary Biology which is offered on the fifth period (daytime) in the Biological Sciences (Licenciate) course from the Federal University of Goiás. The analyzed data were taken from the transcriptions of the audiovisual records and the researcher’s observations, who monitored all classes and record them in a field diary. The research showed the necessity of creating an specific subject about Science Epistemology as well as the importance of epistemological discussions for the initial scientific formation. Furthermore, the teacher posture was highlighted concerning the teacher trainer as an important mediator in the process of initial formation. The investigation also presented some components of the religious thought as epistemological obstacles in the teaching-learning process of the Theory of Evolution scientific contents. This work pointed out important questions in the process of initial formation of a Biology teacher such as: the inclusion of epistemological discussions in the scientific formation, the overcoming of epistemological obstacles in learning the scientific knowledge, among others. These questions may contribute to future pedagogical actions and correlated studies with the thematic approached.