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Marine biodiversity in basic education: research for the curricular integration of knowledge through the Biota/FAPESP program

Grant number: 20/09031-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
Start date: September 01, 2020
End date: June 30, 2023
Field of knowledge:Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
Principal Investigator:Nelio Marco Vincenzo Bizzo
Grantee:Renata Aparecida dos Santos Alitto
Host Institution: Faculdade de Educação (FE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:16/05843-4 - BIOTA-FAPESP Program in basic education: possibilities for curricular integration, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

To conserve and to protect marine biodiversity is an imperative need as it has a major role providing food, minerals and many other products that can be used by the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. Despite all this importance, many people do not recognize the connection between their daily lives and marine biodiversity. In the basic education, this could be related to the absence of didactic materials for students and teachers. This background does not reflect our national research, which has been growing in recent years. As an example, projects as Biota/FAPESP - Bentos Marinho and Biota/FAPESP - Araçá found important contributions to marine Science as well as conservation and marine management. However, to translate all this knowledge to the basic education has been a trouble. Taking this into account, our aim is to explore the knowledge of Brazilian students regarding marine biodiversity, identify needs and use the Biota database to develop materials for address these needs. As a result, we expect students to have an increase in their critical thinking and effective attitudes to solve problems related to marine biodiversity. (AU)

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Scientific publications
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
LUVISON ARAUJO, LEONARDO AUGUSTO; DOS SANTOS ALITTO, RENATA APARECIDA. Teaching native biodiversity: an exploratory study with Brazilian teachers. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL EDUCATION, . (20/09031-0, 16/05843-4, 20/07961-0)
SERRANO, HELENA; DAMIANO, CECILIA J. S.; ALITTO, RENATA A. S.; GUILHERME, PABLO D. B.; CERQUEIRA, WALTER R. P.; MENDONCA, JOEL B.; TAVARES, MARCOS; BORGES, MICHELA. A new species of Ophiocoma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, Southeastern Atlantic, and redescription of Ophiocoma echinata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 103, p. 16-pg., . (20/09031-0, 18/10313-0, 19/01620-9, 19/05997-0, 16/05843-4)