ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO THE USE OF ANIMALS WITH DIDACTIC RESOURCES: A NEW BIOETHIC PARADIGM FOR ZOOLOGY EDUCATION?

Authors

  • ANA LAURA DINIZ FURLAN Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
  • MARTA LUCIANE FISCHER Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Keywords:

Bioethics, Animal ethics, Science teacher training, Alternative methods to animal use, Zoology

Abstract

The use of animals as a teaching resource has been progressively unacceptable, leading
initially to its replacement in invasive interventions, and it has been questioned its applicability in the
teaching of zoology. Having the hypothesis of the incipience of the theme in the scientific environment
and differences in the national and international scenario, we objected to map the conception of the use of alternative methods (AM) in the academic and pedagogical context. The quantitative and qualitative
analysis of 600 contents attesting that in the international scenario, the animal substitution was mainly
related to biomedical research. In the national context, we found some alternatives for replacing dogs
used in classes of surgical technique in the course of Veterinary Medicine, however it is still scarce in
zoology classes. Concurrently, the analysis of 289 Zoology class plans showed that the alternative
methods is incorporated into teacher's routine, being more pronounced for invertebrate animals,
subsidizing the transposition of the technical and utilitarian thinking of teachers, students and society.

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Published

2020-10-30

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DINIZ FURLAN, A. L. ., & FISCHER, M. L. . (2020). ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO THE USE OF ANIMALS WITH DIDACTIC RESOURCES: A NEW BIOETHIC PARADIGM FOR ZOOLOGY EDUCATION?. Educação Em Revista, 36(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/38074

Issue

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

Section

Artigos

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