Teaching ecology and elements of ethnoecology

Authors

  • Karina Martins UEFS
  • Rosiléia Oliveira de Almeida UFBA
  • Geilsa Costa Santos Baptista UEFS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18554/cimeac.v12i1.6067

Abstract

In the present work, we present and discuss the results of the study that included a university extension course whose objective was to analyze and understand how the mentioned course contributed to the awareness of biology teachers regarding the teaching of ecology that considers and respect cultural diversity. It is a qualitative approach with content analysis of three thematic categories generated from a semi-structured interview with four undergraduate students in Biological Sciences who participated in the course: 1. Course structure; 2. Development of interventions; 3. Ethnoecology in the Biology Classroom. In general, the results indicate that the ethnoecological approach adds fundamental elements to the teaching of biology aimed at intercultural dialogue. This work points to the direction that greater efforts are needed for the formation of the biology teacher sensitive to cultural diversity that goes beyond theoretical approaches and that the insertion of ethnoecology can constitute a way to fill this theory-practice gap in the teaching of biology.

Published

2022-07-13