UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SCIENCE IN NATIONAL CURRICULUM GUIDELINES FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES COURSES

• Autor(a) principal: Custódio, Otávio da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Custódio, Renato da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Reamec
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/14826
• topic: Parecer 1301; Natureza da Ciência; Biologia; Report 1301; Nature of Science; Biology; Opinión 1301; Naturaleza de la ciencia; Biología

It is noticed the scarcity of researches that asks what conceptions about scientific activity are disseminated by the National Curricular Guidelines (DCNs) for Biological Sciences courses, even though these guidelines guide the structure and objectives of such courses and, consequently, the formation of undergraduates. In this sense, this investigation aims to identify and analyze understandings that the DCNs for Biology courses, detailed by Report 1.301/2001, hold about the Nature of Science. As a result, obtained through a content analysis, four categories emerged. Two of them correspond to more distorted understandings of scientific practice, namely: something of an empirical-inductivist view, while the document does not allude to the importance of researchers' a priori hypotheses/theories and their relation with experimental processes; and, something of the scientific method, since the document implies that Science is built through a linear sequence of steps to be followed rigidly. The other two categories, in turn, reflect on consensual aspects about what would be more adequate understandings of scientific activity, namely: the one that involves the nee indicated by the Report to address historical and epistemological issues of Biological Sciences when in their undergraduate courses; and, the one that presents the importance of strengthening the relationship between Biology and educational processes. Finally, the importance of analyzing understandings about the Nature of Science externalized by laws that guide forming processes is emphasized.