Revista de Educação Pública
Print version ISSN 0104-5962On-line version ISSN 2238-2097
Abstract
LUIS, Mónica Alexandra; CARRILLO, José and MONTEIRO, Rute Cristina. The knowledge of the topic in plant reproduction. R. Educ. Públ. [online]. 2021, vol.30, e9253. Epub Mar 18, 2021. ISSN 2238-2097. https://doi.org/10.29286/rep.v30ijan/dez.9253.
We present the results of an investigation carried out in 3rd and 6th grade portuguese classrooms that identify the dimensions that integrate the knowledge of the topics (content), the teacher, when teaches the reproduction of plants. For this purpose, video and audio recordings were made. The information was treated with content analysis and contrasted with the existing literature in a top-down Bottom-up methodological perspective. Five aspects of different natures were identified, all related to the knowledge of the content: i)concepts of biology and associated examples; ii)laws, principles and theories of biology; iii)procedures and techniques of observation in biology; iv)models related to the concept of biology and v)biological facts and phenomena.
Keywords : Biology; Education; Science; Teachers’ Specialised Knowledge.