Abstract

FERREIRA SPOLIDORO, Marcello Miranda  and  CHRISPINO, Alvaro. Contribution of a Transgenic Controversy to the Critical Education of High School Students. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2020, n.48, pp.203-222.  Epub May 06, 2021. ISSN 0121-3814.  https://doi.org/10.17227/ted.num48-12388.

This article presents a case study whose objective was to investigate the impact of a controversy in the understanding of the transgenic theme in high school students from a public school. The practice was designed with the intention of exploring five dimensions of a field known as Critical Thinking. The transgenic theme was chosen in a strategic way, as it served as a basis for dealing with technoscientific issues related to the STS field of teaching. The methodology used for data collection included the application of questionnaires (PIEARCTS and HCTA) pre and post controversy, in addition to recording the statements of the participants during and after the practice. The same questionnaires were applied in a control group, however, without carrying out the controversy. The results showed that there are no significant differences between the indices generated by PIEARCTS, but rather for certain dimensions of Thought measured by HCTA. In this case, to identify the differences, global analyzes of the questionnaires were carried out, followed by specific analyzes by categories and, finally, specific analyzes by the type of question. As for the record of the students' speeches, we consider that they were fundamental to identify criticality in the way of facing an issue as controversial as that of transgenics, favoring complementary reflections on the applied methodology.

Keywords : STS; piearcts; cytpencri; critical thinking; transgenic.

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