Da escola para a revista: uma análise das abordagens pedagógicas em publicações sobre ensino de genética

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze approaches to teaching genetics in the context of primary and secondary education, through proposals and classroom experiences published in Revista Genética na Escola. This type of research is necessary, as there are several aspects that hinder the teaching of genetics in Brazilian schools, including the scarce use of innovative approaches that are not tied to traditional teaching. We selected 99 articles that describe classroom proposals and experiences, through a review of publications in the magazine Genética na Escola (volume 01 to volume 18). We classified the articles in the categories of teaching concepts: “Technical teaching” (57% of the articles), “Practical teaching” (30% of the articles) and “Critical/emancipatory teaching” (12% of the articles). we found 14 (fourteen) types of different teaching approaches: didactic game, simulation, investigation, didactic model, experiment, film, online tool, scientific theater, narrated story, video and folder, comic book, interdisciplinary project, case study and Flipped classroom. Most of the magazine's teaching approaches are developed with concepts of "Technical teaching" primarily promoting the fixation of content, leading us to reflect on the importance of encouraging the use of innovative methodologies such as those developed in the category of concepts of "Critical teaching / emancipatory”.