Abordagem de questões sociocientíficas sobre resistência bacteriana nos ambientes aquáticos: contribuições para a formação inicial e continuada de professores de ciências

Abstract

Socioscientific issues (SQS) are controversial and complex topics, within the perspective of Science, Technology, Society and Environment (CTSA), which involve the knowledge of scientific, ethical, moral, environmental, economic, political and cultural relations to solve the problem of everyday life. Several Biology contents can be approached based on QSC. One of the areas of biology little explored by the QSC is Microbiology, because its content involves abstract and complex concepts to be grasped. However, the theme of bacterial resistance has great pedagogical potential due to its impact on several areas such as health, politics, and the environment, among others. Thus, this research has as its main objective to analyze the contribution to the initial and continuing education of science teachers from a didactic sequence using the QSC approach on bacterial resistance. The methodological support followed elements of quali-qualitative research. In order to elaborate an educational product, scientifically structured, data from participant observation, from the application of an initial questionnaire, and from pedagogical experiences with the planned instructional support material were recorded throughout a course, following the three pedagogical moments. After qualiquantitative analysis of the instruments collected, it was observed that the research participants had little formal knowledge about CSF, as well as about its use in science teaching. Difficulties were evidenced around the controversial themes explored, including, in this aspect, the reflections related to moral and ethical dilemmas. However, with the elaboration of the CSF, the teachers improved their identification of the social and scientific complexities and the aspects that involve them. With the material applied and validated from the course, a didactic sequence was developed, consisting of key topics, to help the teacher in science teaching, contextualizing the contents about microorganisms with aspects of citizenship formation.