INFLUENCES OF PARADIGMATIC CONCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE IN TEXTS ON ECOLOGY OF UNDERGRADUATES OF BIOLOGY SCIENCES

Authors

  • Rafael Santos de Aquino Federal Institute of Sertão Pernambucano - Campus Salgueiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-2540
  • Rita Paradeda Muhle Federal Rural University of Pernambuco [https://ror.org/02ksmb993]
  • Carmen Roselaine de Oliveira Farias Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • Ana Maria dos Anjos Carneiro Leão Federal Rural University of Pernambuco [https://ror.org/02ksmb993]

Keywords:

scientific paradigms, ecology teaching, environmental chronicle

Abstract

This article analyzed texts by undergraduates in Biological Sciences on the ecological theme, having as reference the paradigmatic conceptions of contemporary science: Complex, Systemic and Cartesian. The research context was the Ecology Practice that is a curricular component of an undergraduate course in Biological Sciences at a public university in Brazilian Northeast. The investigation employed a qualitative and quantitative approach with the objective of identifying the influence of paradigmatic conceptions of science in the construction of meanings of ecological themes by the undergraduate students participating in the research. The methodology combined the development of conceptual schemes and Statistical Implicit Analysis (SIA), which allowed viewing the implications of complexity and depth of the relationships established between conceptual variables present in the texts. The results indicated that different ecological themes suffer different paradigmatic influences. Systemic and complex conceptions were present in themes with conservationism and environmental impact, while consumerism was linked to the Cartesian paradigm. The research also corroborated the adequacy of mixed research approaches for the science teaching area.

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Author Biographies

  • Rafael Santos de Aquino, Federal Institute of Sertão Pernambucano - Campus Salgueiro

    Professor at the Federal Institute of Sertão Pernambuco - IFSertãoPE since 2010, has a degree in Animal Science from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco - UFRPE (2009) and participant in the Sandwich Undergraduate Program CAPES/FIPSE-USA between UFRPE and Texas A&M University, resulting in the Specialization in Agriculture and Life Science (2007). He also holds a degree in Biological Sciences from UFRPE (2018) and a specialist in Biology Teaching from Universidade Cândido Mendes - UCAM (2017). Master's degree in Animal Science from UFRPE (2012). He did his cotutelate PhD  between the Graduate Program in Science Teaching - PPGEC / UFRPE and the École Doctorale Éducation Culture et Politique - ECP at the Université Lumière Lyon 2, France, obtaining the titles of Doctor in Science and Mathematics Teaching by UFRPE and Science education and Formation by the French university both in 2022. He works in the areas of Animal Science and Biology, Teaching Science, Applied Statistical Implicative Analysis (ASI), Multicultural Education and Mixed Scientific Methodology applied to Teaching and Education.

  • Rita Paradeda Muhle, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco [https://ror.org/02ksmb993]

    PhD in Education from the Graduate Program in Education at the School of Humanities of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. Sandwich Doctorate Abroad at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada). Master's degree from the Graduate Program in Education - PUCRS. Full scholarship holder from CNPq. Biologist graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Bachelor and Degree), Specialist in Diversity and Fauna Conservation from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Environmental Educator in Socio-Environmental Projects and teacher training in Rio Grande do Sul. She is part of the research group "Culture, Environment and Education" - UFRGS, and the Study and Research Group on Education and Sustainability (GEPES/UFPE). She was a professor in the Undergraduate Biological Sciences course at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) between the years 2021 and 2022. She is currently a post-doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Science Teaching (PPGEC) at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco.

  • Carmen Roselaine de Oliveira Farias, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

    Graduated in Law (FURG-1998) and specialized in Environmental Law (UNIMEP-2005). Master in Education for Science (UNESP-2003) and PhD in Education (UFSCar-2008) with sandwich internship in Lisbon (CIE-UL) under the CAPES/GRICES Program. Between 2009 and 2010 she did a post-doctoral internship at the PPGE of PUCRS under the PNPD/CAPES. In 2022 she started a post-doctoral internship at PPGECT/UFSC with a research on academic writing and implications on authorship, autonomy, and training. Since 2010 she is a professor at the Department of Biology of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife Campus, in the Teaching of Biological Sciences area. She is the leader of the Study and Research Group on Education and Sustainability (GEPES/UFRPE) and directs undergraduate, undergraduate scientific initiation, extension, master's and doctoral projects. He coordinated the PPG in Science Teaching at UFRPE from 09/2016 to 01/2021 and the PPG Northeast Teaching Network/UFRPE from 02/2021 to 03/2022. She works in research and extension projects in the areas of environmental education and science teaching, seeking to articulate educational and ecological perspectives in different contexts. Research lines: environmental education and curriculum; initial teacher training; science education and social-scientific and social-environmental issues; phenomenological matrix research; social-environmental literacies; academic writing.

  • Ana Maria dos Anjos Carneiro Leão, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco [https://ror.org/02ksmb993]

    Graduated in Medicine (1986) and with master's degree in Biochemistry (1992) from the Federal University of Pernambuco, has a doctorate in Science (Biochemistry) from the Federal University of Paraná (1998). He did post-doctoral training at the Federal University of Ceará (2006). Between 1988 and 2006, he developed research activities in Biochemistry, developing pre-clinical trials of bioactive molecules, specifically anti-tumor and anti-Schistosoma mansoni activity and modulation of inflammatory and healing processes. He is currently an associate professor at Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, where he is dedicated to teaching-learning processes in Biology. His experience in the area of Teaching has emphasis on the construction of meaning concerning microscopic and procedural concepts of Biology (Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics), in a systemic-complex perspective and in a multicultural context. Such activities are directed to the initial and continuing education of teachers for high school and college. She works in the following graduate programs: (1) Graduate Program in Science Teaching (master and doctorate) at UFRPE, since 2001, assuming the coordination team of this program in the quadrennium 2016-2020; and (2) Northeast Education Network (RENOEN), UFRPE pole, since 2020 and being part of the Pole Coordination, from 2022.

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2024-07-22

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INFLUENCES OF PARADIGMATIC CONCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE IN TEXTS ON ECOLOGY OF UNDERGRADUATES OF BIOLOGY SCIENCES. edur [Internet]. 2024 Jul. 22 [cited 2025 Dec. 24];40(40). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/45194