Eric Campos Vieira de Castro

I have a Bachelor's and a Licentiate's degree in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) and a Master's degree in Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP), in the research line History, Philosophy and Culture in Science Teaching. I am currently pursuing a PhD in Science Education at the Faculty of Sciences of UNESP, within the research line Philosophy, History and Sociology of Science in Science Teaching. Since 2001, I have been teaching Science and Biology at various levels of education: elementary, high school and technical. I also have experience with teaching laboratories and distance learning. I teach at the Education Departments of Praia Grande and Santos, both in the State of São Paulo, and I supervise undergraduate students at the Virtual University of the State of São Paulo (UNIVESP). I have conducted research related to epistemologies and biological concepts, emergence, heuristics and systemic thinking, from the perspective of the Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching. My doctoral research concerns the characterization of Biology: as knowledge, as culture and as thought. I am a member of the Brazilian Association of Philosophy and History of Biology (ABFHiB) and of the following Research Groups: 1. Science Education and Human Formation (https://dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/0725450200183157) and 2. Scientific Education: History, Sociology and Philosophy of Sciences (dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/6110128675344842). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)