The theme of sustainability in supervised teacher training situations: the perspective of Biological Science students of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte – Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Petrovich, Ana Carla Iorio
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Magnólia Fernandes Florêncio de, Montenegro, Luciana Araújo, Noronha, Claudianny Amorim, Silva, Marcia Gorette Lima da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v8i1.3508

This study evaluated the use of sustainability concepts in the content taught by pre-service Biological Sciences teachers during their in-class supervised teacher training period, in primary and secondary school classes. It also analyzed the methodological resources used to address these concepts. Results showed that the majority of participants (64.8%) cannot develop the content taught in science, or specifically in biology, in association to issues that relate to principles of sustainability. Pre-service teachers who stated to have addressed content on sustainability notions, also stated that they employed diversified content which increased the complexity of this issue, and then emphasized the multiple potential uses of this theme during the supervised training period. The most widely used methodology was expository-dialogic class. This study discusses the need to increase the inclusion of this theme in classes taught by pre-service teachers, during the supervised training course, as well as the need to encourage the use of different methodologies to focus this approach.