Investigação acerca do conhecimento e percepção de alunos e professores de escolas públicas sobre répteis e anfíbios

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The lack of knowledge can make people unaware of the importance of reptiles and amphibians, as beliefs, and media. OBJECTIVE: To analyze whether the science education offered to elementary school students has Environmental Education as the basis for forming future citizens aware of the importance of reptiles and amphibians. METHODOLOGY: The study was of a crosssectional descriptive type, with a qualiquantitative character, being carried out with five Science teachers and elementary school students (6th to 9th grade) in state schools in the city of Trindade, Goiás. RESULTS: 74 students and 5 teachers answered the questionnaire. The data obtained revealed that 70% of the students consider that snakes are treacherous and dangerous; 70% of students believe that amphibians are disgusting and transmit diseases to people; and about 55% of the students do not know any other medicine extracted from animal venom, in addition to the antivenom serum; on the other hand, 60% of teachers answered that elementary school textbooks do not advocate much about the importance of these animals, and about the content of zoology. CONCLUSION: The approach to the knowledge of the students' students, as well as the approach to the contents about animals from the Reptilia and Amphibia classes tend to occur superficially in the public schools participating in the research. Many students have feelings of fear, disgust or fear about these animals, for not knowing their biological characteristics and also for believing in beliefs that were possibly transmitted for generations.