Ensino de biologia: uma reflexão para professores e seus formadores

Abstract

The notable dissatisfaction of teachers and students with the actual model of educational system of our country lead us to think about this situation and search for alternatives to solve it. This work aims to analyze the situation of our education, particularly Biological Science. And also the practice and prospects of our teachers that teach Biology on public schools in order to reflect on issues related to education today. For this purpose, was done a survey about the conceptions of scholars on the Field of education and also an interview with some biology teachers. These interviews seek showing their conceptions about education and teaching. The information obtained shows that the education in our country is facing a crisis, where their practice do not fill the demand of the public that uses it. This public is modifying theirselves on each generation, suffering the influences from several factors, but mainly the great improvement on information technology. It was possible to detect on teachers answers, both the dissatisfaction with the actual stage of our education and also the strength of the paradigm that says: teach to learn just to get an access to the university. Raised and educated in different social and educational contexts, teachers are facing difficulties to deal with the new reality, on which old paradigms do not fit anymore, but they have not been replaced yet. There are also the ideological questions that are not naturally understood, but guide our actions and perspectives, as weel as conceal the reality behind a set of ideas effective on that society, that justify and legitimize the status quo. Therefore, teachers do not take into account many important aspects that may guide their actions, as: educational culture elitist, rules and arbitrary educational standards, the influence of cultural milieu of the students during his process of learning, the arbitrariness on Curriculum, and others. Therefore, this work shows that, together, the reasons exposed here, make a major contribution to the conservation of the school practices that segregate and exclude and, as a consequence, to the stagnation of whole social and educational system.