Como alunos interpretam a resistência bacteriana sob a ótica das teorias evolucionistas de Lamarck e Darwin no ensino médio

Abstract

This work has as its goal contributes to the science teaching byinvestigating from the ways of searching about the teaching and learning of the evolutionary theories. In this way, it tries to check the relations established by students from high school between bacterial resistance and the evolutionary theories from Lamarck and Darwin. For this, it was done a qualitative research in two steps: bibliographic research and empirical work. In the bibliographic research was approached the teaching and learning themes of the evolution, as well as theories of the biological evolution and bacterial resistance. In the empirical step, data were collected by questionnaires, debate and focal group. The results show: 1 The students have difficulties in separating the theoriesof Lamarck and Darwin, but they realize the importance of their knowledge. 2 Besides being part of their everyday, the appearance of the bacteria antibiotics resistant, allow several interpretations of the students and, many times, they are compatible with Darwins description.It regards that this work opens researchs perspectives about the Evolutionary Theories, specially the presentation of topics related to the everyday of the student, as bacterial resistance, or the public health.