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Cardinot, Douglas; Moura, Cristiano; Guerra, Andreia – Science & Education, 2023
Studies in the field of science education have discussed using historical approaches. Although previous studies have shown the potential advantages to addressing national sciences in the classroom in countries underrepresented in the history of science, there are still few initiatives in this direction. Thus, this paper aims to explore a…
Descriptors: Action Research, High School Students, Science Instruction, Case Studies
Demetrio, Guilherme Ramos; Jacobina, Uedson Pereira; Barão, Kim Ribeiro – Science & Education, 2023
Evolutionary theory (ET) is the unifying theory of Life Sciences, but it is largely misunderstood and the target of dispute in many countries, mainly because of conflicts with religious beliefs. Brazil is a country with a culture that is deeply rooted belief in God. In this paper, we report a study in Brazil where we applied a 12-question…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), Religious Factors, Religion
Pereira, Brenda Braga; Silva, Luciano Fernandes; dos Santos, Janaina Roberta – Science & Education, 2022
The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze meanings that the term "complexity" assumes in Brazilian theses and dissertations in the field of environmental education, especially when addressing socio-environmental issues. The studies were selected from the database Theses and Dissertations of EArte (http://earte.net/), which is…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Theses, Doctoral Dissertations
Jardim, Wagner Tadeu; Guerra, Andreia; Schiffer, Hermann – Science & Education, 2021
Science educators are increasingly using a historical approach to pedagogy as a way to enable students to understand the process of the construction of science in a more contextualized manner. Considering the meaning of context in a broader sense, this article has two objectives. First, it aims to explore how physics lessons using a Cultural…
Descriptors: Science History, Science Instruction, Physics, Teaching Methods
Silva, Heslley Machado; Mortimer, Eduardo Fleury – Science & Education, 2020
In comparison to teachers from Argentina and Uruguay, Brazilian teachers face greater difficulties in teaching biological evolution, due to religion. While Argentina has an official religion set in its constitution, Uruguay and Brazil are considered secular countries. Despite being a self-proclaimed secular country, Brazil tolerates and encourages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evolution, Religious Factors, Biology
Gericke, Niklas; Carver, Rebecca; Castéra, Jérémy; Evangelista, Neima Alice Menezes; Marre, Claire Coiffard; El-Hani, Charbel N. – Science & Education, 2017
Genetic determinism can be described as the attribution of the formation of traits to genes, where genes are ascribed more causal power than what scientific consensus suggests. Belief in genetic determinism is an educational problem because it contradicts scientific knowledge, and is a societal problem because it has the potential to foster…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Genetics, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy
Schiffer, Hermann; Guerra, Andreia – Science & Education, 2015
Seeking a historical-philosophical approach to science teaching, narrative texts have been used as pedagogical tools to improve the learning experience of students. A review of the literature of different types of narrative texts and their different rates of effectiveness in science education is presented. This study was developed using the…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science History, Science Instruction, Instructional Materials
Guerra, Andreia; Braga, Marco; Reis, Jose Claudio – Science & Education, 2013
Various studies have promoted instruction in the history and philosophy of science (HPS) in science classes, but the best way of putting this perspective into practice remains undetermined. To contribute to this issue, we developed a pedagogical project in some high schools in Brazil that aimed to present science content using an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science History, Science and Society
Marcelos, Maria Fatima; Nagem, Ronaldo Luiz – Science & Education, 2012
This work discusses the use of Darwin's "Tree of Life" as a didactic analogy and metaphor in teaching evolution. It investigates whether biology teachers of pupils from 17 to 18 years old know Darwin's text "Tree of Life". In addition, it examines whether those teachers systematically employ either the analogies present in that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evolution, Biology, Science Instruction