Genetic engineering: a look at public and private high school Biology teachers

Authors

  • Francisca Patrícia da Conceição
  • Ana Paula Peron

Keywords:

biotechnology, educational knowledge, compulsory education.

Abstract

The present work sought to investigate the scientific knowledge about genetic engineering of  25 high school Biology teachers of the 17 public and 12 private schools of a municipal district in the southeast of the State of Piauí. Genetic engineering was chosen in function of it generally still generating much doubt among the population. For this analysis a questionnaire was used with 13 questions made up of questions addressed to genetic engineering, its products,  forms of updating and its daily importance to the people. From the results obtained it can be inferred that the faculty members interviewed possess little scientific knowledge and are sometimes mistaken about the theme addressed, concluding that they need scientific updating.

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Author Biographies

Francisca Patrícia da Conceição

Bióloga. Doutora em Genética e Melhoramento. Mestre em Agronomia. Professora Adjunto da Universidade Federal do Piauí responsável pelas disciplinas de genética básica e bioquímica. Coordenadora da Área de Biologia do Programa de Bolsas de Iniciação a Docência - PIBID da Universidade Federal do Piauí.

Ana Paula Peron

Acadêmica do Curso de Ciências Biológicas

Published

2012-10-01

How to Cite

Conceição, F. P. da, & Peron, A. P. (2012). Genetic engineering: a look at public and private high school Biology teachers. Revista Brasileira De Biociências, 10(3), 281. Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/rbrasbioci/article/view/115569

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