Proposta de uma sequência de aprendizagem com enfoque CTS

Abstract

The theory of evolution is seen as a unifying and integrating axis of the biological sciences, considered a fact for the scientific community. However, in science classes, teachers don’t give much emphasis on this subject, so it ends up being left out, either due to of the lack of subject mastery or religious issues, specifically human evolution. Despite the curiosity that the subject arouses in students, many teachers approach it as a study very broad content difficult to understand. It ends up requiring patience and lot of reading which ends up requiring patience and much reading. Understanding the diversity of living beings around us without understanding the meaning of Evolution is a difficult, as well as understanding the possibilities of healing of certain genetic diseases, human characteristics of being, human interference with the evolutionary process of some species, whether by domestication or exploitation of natural resources, among others. Knowing its importance for understanding the existing biodiversity, evolutionary biology becomes indispensable in science classes. Therefore, the present work has as objective, the elaboration of a sequence of learning, to be used as a support for teachers to address this knowledge in class. The material will approached the concepts of natural and artificial selection, outlined in the STS Approach. Artificial selection in dogs will be clarified so that students have the opportunity to relate the scientific contents to the reality they live in, thus seeking a meaningful, didactic and efficient learning.