BIODIVERSITY: CONCEPTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN QUEIMADAS-PB, BRAZIL

Abstract

The Biology curricular component allows students to know and evaluate their natural environment, the different existing communities and the relationships between them, thus obtaining knowledge of the ecosystem. Thus, this study aimed to verify the conceptions of high school students in relation to biodiversity. For this purpose, a field research was carried out, with a quantitative approach, through the application of a questionnaire between March and June 2018, in a public high school in Queimadas - PB, Brazil. It was evident that those surveyed have some knowledge about the fauna, but are unaware of the flora. In the respondents' conception, it relates the loss of species loss with its function and importance in nature. Regarding the media where they saw or heard about the topic of biodiversity, it was observed that television was configured as the main means of disseminating the topic. Thus, it is suggested that among the challenges for a better educational approach on the theme of biodiversity in the schools of Queimadas-PB is the need to reconcile the theme with the other mandatory contents of the curriculum, addressing the various local variations. Therefore, the main focus of approach to the theme must take regionalism into account.