Conhecimentos prévios e percepção entomológica de estudantes do ensino básico e do ensino superior do município de Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

This is a multidisciplinary field research in the Ethnoentomology area, wich aims to investigate the relationships established between humans and insects, specifically with students as research subjects. It consists of disseminating the collected results in classrooms of basic education in public schools and higher education in a federal university, with urban, peasant and indigenous students from Dourados region, in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. The data contained in this study provide initial information how previous knowledge among students is constructed, that is, elaborated knowledge on a given content before its theoretical contact in the school and academic environment. Investigating the origin of this knowledge regarding insects, we were able to understand several influences, wich are impotant and determinant for learning about arthropods and consequently for the conservation of biodiversity. We found that knowledge differs in certain groups and in some aspects between the level of education and territoriality (urban environment, peasant and Indigenous Land). We emphasize that culture, as well as the media (among other factors), also contribute to the knowledge that the researched students bring with them, therefore, there are also misconceptions that education professional face as a challenge to descontruct into its pedagogical practice, so that in relation to culture, research is indicated so as not to promote cultural devaluation.