Conceptions of Biology teachers and undergraduate students on the topic of Biodiversity

Abstract

Education has a fundamental role in human formation and in behavioral changes that aim to reduce environmental problems. This article presents the conceptions that, Biology teachers and students, have about biodiversity, in a municipality in the southwest of Bahia. A qualitative approach was used by means of in-depth alteration guided by semi-structured questionnaires, through the discursive textual analysis. The results show that the investigated subjects have more than one conception regarding the biological diversity of species, ecosystems and genetics. These results also show the importance of this diversity for society, through examples of good practices in environmental education, with attempts to work the contents with the other disciplines. We suggest the need for a more reflective look at the performance of undergraduate courses around the theme of biodiversity.

Keywords:  Biology Teaching. Biological Diversity. Environmental education.