THE ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS: APPROACH AND POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS

Authors

  • RODOLFO ZAMPIERI BEZZON Universidade de São Paulo – Faculdade de Educação. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • RENATO EUGÊNIO DA SILVA DINIZ Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho"

Keywords:

Ecosystem Concept, Textbook, Ecology Teaching, Content Analysis

Abstract

: Researches suggest that the textbook has a major role at scholar environments, especially
after the creation of the Textbook National Program (TNP). The objectives of this study were to identify
and analyze how the ecosystem concept is approached in the collections of Biology textbooks selected
from the TNP/2015. Investigating how the ecosystem concept is presented in textbooks is important for
the teaching-learning process in Ecology, because this concept foments great part of the environmental
politics discussions and the researches in Biology. Besides, the textbook can be used as a guide to structure
classes and it is subject to conflicts of interest. In this study, three didactic collections were analyzed using
Bardin’s (2011) Content Analysis, with interpretation of how the contents present in the collections of
textbooks approach and direct the signification of the ecosystem concept. The results demonstrate a
pattern on the approach through all collections that simplifies, do not historicize and neither criticize the
ecosystem concept.

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Published

2020-10-30

How to Cite

ZAMPIERI BEZZON, R. ., & DA SILVA DINIZ, R. E. (2020). THE ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS: APPROACH AND POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS. Educação Em Revista, 36(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/37836

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2020): v.36 (2020)

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Artigos

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