Abstract

PASSOS, Daniel Cunha; MACHADO, Laís Feitosa; LOPES, Alexandre Ferreira  and  BESERRA, Bernadete de Lourdes Ramos. Calangos e lagartixas: conceptions on lizards among High School students in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Ciência educ. [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.1, pp.133-148. ISSN 1516-7313.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-731320150010009.

Cultural conceptions influence human attitudes towards animals and their understanding is essential to know the impact of humans on fauna. In this work, we inventoried conceptions of lizards held by students in the final stages of Basic Education, evaluating their relationship with the current state of scientific knowledge and interpreting the cases of disagreement. We carried out interviews with students of the third year of High School about general aspects related to conceptions, knowledge and traditional uses of lizards. We interviewed 38 students who shared 85 different conceptions. Although several conceptions were consistent with current scientific knowledge, there were some inconsistencies in relation to scientific understanding. Overall, our findings showed the benefits of valuing lizards, beyond reinforcing the need for inclusion of environmental education actions in Basic Education, as enrichment tools for knowledge of biodiversity, as well as elucidating and demystifying possible mistaken conceptions.

Keywords : Biology teaching; Basic education; Lizards; Etnobiology; Etnoherpetology.

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