Caracterização e identificação das principais tendências da pesquisa em ensino de bioquímica (2010 a 2019)

Abstract

In this dissertation, we sought to answer the following research question: How is the scientific production dedicated to the teaching of Biochemistry published in national and foreign journals between the years 2010 to 2019 characterized? For this, this research aims to analyze the scientific production associated with the teaching of Biochemistry, examining and characterizing the different dynamics found in the national and international scenario. In this perspective, mixed research was carried out, of the sequential Transformative type (QUAL→ quan), combining qualitative and quantitative techniques for data collection and analysis. The methodological design was divided into three parts based on the steps that make up an integrative literature review: 1) Construction of the research corpus from a sample cut made with four national and four foreign journals that met the dissertation proposal, selecting articles published in the period from 2010 to 2019 and that fit the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria; 2) Construction of the variables studied from the initial contact with the material analyzed and the extraction, organization and systematization of the information collected in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets; 3) Data analysis through Descriptive Statistical Analysis (AED) and Implicative Statistical Analysis (ASI) in order to support the description and interpretation of data, indicating possible non-linear relationships or implications between defined variables. Among the constructed results, it was visualized that the themes present in the investigated productions go beyond the teaching of conceptual contents such as structures, processes and phenomena of Biochemistry, also showing a strong tendency to analyze the teaching of procedural contents in the laboratory and of themes related to Biotechnology, reflecting the experimental character of this science. Regarding the issues and objects investigated in national and foreign productions, both are mainly related to the Content-method and didactic resources descriptors, in accordance with the expectations expected for a scientific field inserted in the Teaching Area established by CAPES. It was also possible to draw an overview of the research carried out in different regions of Brazil and the globe, pointing out confrontation and similarities. In general, it is indicated that the national production dedicated to the teaching of Biochemistry is in line with the trends presented by foreign works, while also exhibiting some particular characteristics. The issues explored also showed affinity with the research developed in the Teaching Area, as well as with nearby scientific fields such as the teaching of Biology and Chemistry.