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Figueiredo Rodrigues, Angélica Lúcia; Melo-Santos, Gabriel; Santos Baptista, Geilsa Costa; Robles-Piñeros, Jairo; da Silva, Maria Luisa – Science Education International, 2022
This study assessed the knowledge, feelings, and life experiences of students in public middle schools in the Brazilian Amazon toward aquatic mammals by applying semi-structured interviews, with a qualitative-quantitative approach. A total of 241 students, from all genders, aged between 12 and 14 years old, from four public schools of Pará State…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Animals, Zoology
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Castro, Kathleen Mahra da Silva Alcântara; Amado, Talita Ferreira; Bidau, Claudio Juan; Martinez, Pablo Ariel – Journal of Biological Education, 2022
Natural history museums (NHM) are important for students' learning and motivation. However, the lack or scarcity of NHMs in countries with emerging markets may hamper the learning process. Virtual 3D models represent an important tool to counterbalance the lack of access of students to NHMs. Our study aims to understand if the use of 3D models may…
Descriptors: Museums, Science Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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de Moura Silva, Gabriel; Lahr, Daniel J. G.; Silva, Rosana Louro Ferreira – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
In this article, we present how educational resources for zoology designed by undergraduate students help to propose means of action for teaching diversity and animal evolution in basic education. We realised that activities of creation and analysis of educational resources, in the context of didactic planning, have the potential to approximate…
Descriptors: Zoology, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Evolution