Representações gráficas em livros didáticos de Biologia

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Ano de defesa: 2018
Autor(a) principal: LEMOS, Renata Araujo lattes
Orientador(a): VALLE, Mariana Guelero do lattes
Banca de defesa: VALLE, Mariana Guelero do lattes, MOTOKANE, Marcelo Tadeu lattes, SILVA, Jackson Ronie Sá lattes
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Maranhão
Programa de Pós-Graduação: PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS E MATEMÁTICA/CCET
Departamento: DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGIA/CCBS
País: Brasil
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Link de acesso: https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/2396
Resumo: Representational constructions are widely used as a way of explaining and explaining concepts and / or phenomena. Thus, there are two types of representation: internal and external. In this investigation we focus on the external representation of the graphic type. This research has a qualitative approach, being a documental analysis, which aims to analyse the graphical representations present in Biology textbooks. The analysed documents correspond to the Biology textbooks approved by the 2018 Brazilian National Textbooks Program (PNLD). The types and levels of representation scale were analyzed in textbooks directed to the student, as well as the orientations present in the teacher's manuals. We used the content analysis as a methodological reference to identify the types of graphical representations and the orientations present in the teacher's manuals on the graphical representations and to analyze the levels of representation scale we use the reference that classifies in four: macroscopic, microscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic. The types and scale levels of the representations found in the textbooks were analysed, as well as the orientations present in the teacher’s guide. Regarding the types of representations, it was identified: phylogenetic trees, drawings, diagrams, schematics, formulas, photos, graphics, illustrations, maps, models, paintings, charts, Punnet square, radiographies, reconstitutions, representations, tables, and other representations which could not be identified because they lacked the necessary information. Regarding their levels, we identified macroscopic, microscopic, symbolic, and submicroscopic levels. Regarding the orientations on graphical representations present in the teacher’s guides, six indicators were elaborated: learning, language, purposes, abilities, orientations to the teacher, and fields/subjects. Our analysis indicated that criteria and caution is important in order to title a type of representation, for in several cases different names were used for figures that presented the same patterns. Thus, representations without identification in textbooks must be questioned, as we understand captions are fundamental to help comprehending what is being represented. The teacher’s guides also showed several aspects on usage of representation in the classroom, including a few of their purposes, development of the students’ abilities, as well as specific suggestions on how the teacher could use them. However textbooks presented a variety of types of graphical representations, their accompanying teacher’ guides showed a restricted number of typologies and did not detail how teachers could effectively implement them in their class plannings, executions,