Abstract

FURLAN, ANA LAURA DINIZ  and  FISCHER, MARTA LUCIANE. ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO THE USE OF ANIMALS WITH DIDACTIC RESOURCES: A NEW BIOETHIC PARADIGM FOR ZOOLOGY EDUCATION?. Educ. rev. [online]. 2020, vol.36, e230590.  Epub Sep 02, 2020. ISSN 1982-6621.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-4698230590.

The use of animals as a teaching resource has been progressively unacceptable, leading initially to its replacement in invasive interventions, and it has been questioned its applicability in the teaching of zoology. Having the hypothesis of the incipience of the theme in the scientific environment and differences in the national and international scenario, we objected to map the conception of the use of alternative methods (AM) in the academic and pedagogical context. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of 600 contents attesting that in the international scenario, the animal substitution was mainly related to biomedical research. In the national context, we found some alternatives for replacing dogs used in classes of surgical technique in the course of Veterinary Medicine, however it is still scarce in zoology classes. Concurrently, the analysis of 289 Zoology class plans showed that the alternative methods is incorporated into teacher's routine, being more pronounced for invertebrate animals, subsidizing the transposition of the technical and utilitarian thinking of teachers, students and society.

Keywords : Bioethics; Animal ethics; Science teacher training; Alternative methods to animal use; Zoology.

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