THE COMPREHENSION OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLING LEVELS STUDENTS ABOUT TRANSGENIC
Comprehension. Transgenic. Science teaching
This thesis presents an investigation about a survey of the comprehension of different schooling levels students about transgenic from the application of a knowledge test. The sample respondent to the effective test was composed by 360 students of regular high school, technical middle and higher level. According to the theoretical framework adopted, science education should be based on the conception that scientific and technological knowledge should be part of the citizen's training in the perspective of it increasing its effective participation in the discussion about the social, cultural and social crisis. environment that we are currently witnessing. The research was based on the mixed methodology and was constructed in two stages: (i) construction and validation of the item bank and (ii) application of the final instrument of data collection and analysis of the understanding. The object of analysis of this research were the answers of the knowledge test collected in the second stage of the research. The results indicate that: (1) the content conception in the procedural dimension was the one that presented the highest average rank among the observed dimensions; (2) the variable level of schooling was the one with the greatest influence on the understanding of the subject; (3) human health is the most prominent item in the possible impacts of transgenics in society. In general, the results obtained allow us to defend the need for science education that enables students of all levels to access scientific and technological information based on the ethical, environmental and social approach and the positive and negative aspects of themselves.