Do laboratório com animais não humanos para onde? Análise retrospectiva das práticas pedagógicas em AEC

Abstract

The aim of this study was to map characteristics of the pedagogical practices of the AEC ten years after the enactment of Law 11.794/2008, in the view of the teachers. Secondly, we sought to retrospectively analyze the impact of the Law, which advocated the replacement of the use of human animals in teaching, and not of pedagogical resources. In 2018, teachers' self-report data were provided. The data were classified according to the characteristics of the didactic activities (with or without practice, with the use of non-human animals or with humans and/or a computer simulator) that were in use. Most participants explicitly know the content of the Law and the rate of knowledge among those who still use traditional teaching protocols with non-human animals in the laboratory. Highlights discussed the need to invest in pedagogically efficient resources to substitute the operating laboratory, especially in Brazil.