Análise do conteúdo da temática evolução nos livros didáticos utilizados nas escolas de ensino médio do município de Tomé-Açu – Pará

Abstract

The present tudy, besides being based on the importance of the Evolutionary Theories for the students's scientific formation and to recognize that the Didactic Book (DB) is one of the materials most used in the schools to assist in this formation, aimed to identify, analyze and discuss how the content of Biological Evolution is addressed in the DBs of high school in the city of Tomé-Açu, Pará. For this, it is analyzed the DBs of Biology of the third year of two high schools in the city. In order to obtain information about how teachers conceptualize the DB of Biology used by them in school, specifically the topic of Biological Evolution, A questionnaire with open questions was applied, in which the answers needed opinion or explanation and closed questions, where the answer was restricted to “yes” or “no”. From the analysis of the books, it was possible to observe that they approach the theme of Evolution in an unsatisfactory way, that is, the theme was only quoted or even misplaced by the author and presents incomplete content. The data obtained from the teachers' responses demonstrate that they use the DB as support material for the classes and conceptualize as regular and good the way the subject is approached in the book. It is concluded that the DBs present gaps regarding the approach of the biological evolution content, either in the absence of explanations or in the focus on concepts considered important for their understanding.