Abstract

EDUARDO-SANTOS, Anderson  and  MOTOKANE, Marcelo Tadeu. Popular poetry of Northeastern Brazil and biology teaching: A study of the poems by Patativa do Assaré. Ciência educ. [online]. 2025, vol.31, e25004.  Epub Feb 11, 2025. ISSN 1980-850X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-731320250004.

This study explores how popular poetry from the Northeast region of Brazil can enhance biology education by promoting intercultural communication. We used a textual-discursive approach to analyze a collection of thirty poems by Patativa do Assaré. Pedagogical practices in Biology Education often lack diversification, with a focus on scientific content at the expense of other knowledge, such as that produced in the Northeast of Brazil. The intercultural worldview emerges as an effective strategy to go beyond this narrow focus and promote an educational framework that values cultural diversity. Our research shows that the poems provide valuable insights into the culture of the Brazilian Northeast, concerning biodiversity, and underscore the socioeconomic inequalities faced by its residents. We conclude that this knowledge can assist teachers and students in recognizing and embracing cultural differences while integrating biology with other forms of knowledge.

Keywords : Biology teaching; Cultural diversity; Intercultural education; Decoloniality..

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