
Nathália Helena AzevedoUniversity of Groningen | RUG · Institute for Science Education and Communication
Nathália Helena Azevedo
Ph.D. in Science Education
Postdoctoral researcher
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Introduction
Fulbright alumna. Ph.D. in Science Education at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. M. Sc. (Ecology) at USP and B. Sc. of Biological Sciences at Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Visiting Ph.D. candidate (2019-2020) at Caruth Institute for Engineering Education in the Lyle School of Engineering/SMU (Dallas, TX).
Additional affiliations
June 2019 - March 2020
February 2017 - September 2021
Education
February 2017 - September 2021
Univeristy of São Paulo
Field of study
- Science Education
August 2013 - December 2015
Univeristy of São Paulo
Field of study
- Ecology
February 2008 - December 2012
Federal University of São Paulo
Field of study
- Biological Sciences
Publications
Publications (19)
The nature of science (NOS) has been highlighted as an important component of science education, since scientific knowledge can contribute to decision-making by contemporary citizens. There are few quantitative review studies in the field of science education. Given the importance of the topic, and the need to organize and understand the knowledge...
The results of a study on conceptions of the nature of
science (NOS) among Biology undergraduate students are presented
here. Four factors potentially associated with the conceptions of this
public were statistically tested: educational stage, course type (for preservice
biology teachers or biologists-in-training), contact with metascientific
theme...
Grounded within current reform recommendations and built upon Giere’s views (1986, 1999) on model-based science, we propose an alternative approach to science education which we refer to as the Evidence-Explanation (EE) Continuum . The approach addresses conceptual, epistemological, and social domains of knowledge, and places emphasis on the episte...
Argumentation has long been established by science education research as the language of sciences. While argumentation is central to science education, language curricula are also responsible for teaching argumentation. Therefore, there is a potential for an interdisciplinary approach to argumentation. Brazilian educational policies explicitly addr...
Popular films can influence the public's image of women scientists and (re)shape social stereotypes. In this study, we examined how women scientists were portrayed in films in the context of fourth-wave feminism. Twelve characters of women scientists in eight films were analysed using sociological film interpretation across the following categories...
This paper investigates the relationship between the competitive aspects of the resources offered to the students and the self-assessment they do about themselves. For this purpose, a survey counting 4,671 valid learners' entries from a private Brazilian educational institution was done. The survey involved constructs made by the institution relate...
The literature on science teaching indicates that knowledge about science is crucial for people to evaluate scientific statements for individual and collective decision-making. For this very reason, curriculum documents and empirical research around the world have included the nature of science among their concerns in recent decades. In Brazil, res...
A inclusão da natureza da ciência (NdC) nos currículos de ciências passou a ser uma preocupação, uma vez que a NdC pode contribuir para a formação de indivíduos cientificamente alfabetizados. Apresentamos uma narrativa histórica, que contém episódios associados à descrição da doença de Chagas e que permite explorar aspectos de NdC, além de outros c...
The chapter signalizes the importance of the research on Nature of Science (NOS), illustrating how it is maturing in Brazil. The work reports on the procedure employed during the elaboration of a contextualized instrument using Ecology as a model for investigating NOS conceptions among Biological Science undergraduates. The authors propose orientat...
As atividades sociais associadas ao conhecimento envolvem uma série de práticas epistêmicas e algumas estão fortemente associadas às práticas enraizadas da Biologia, como os desenhos e as descrições. A contextualização das aulas de Biologia pode ser feita por meio de casos históricos, que permitem dar sentido a conceitos e atividades, além de contr...
Carlos Chagas (1879-1934) publicou em 1909 a descrição de uma nova doença tropical, identificada no pequeno povoado de Lassance/MG. Sua importância para o contexto científico internacional está associada ao triplo descobrimento de uma protozoose, pois além de descrever a nova enfermidade ele também identificou seu agente causador e vetor. A descobe...
RESUMO: Descrevemos resultados da investigação de concepções de natureza da ciência (NdC) de graduandos de Biologia. Testamos estatisticamente quatro fatores potencialmente associados às concepções desse público: momento da formação, modalidades de graduação, contato com temas metacientíficos e participação em iniciação científica. Contribuíram com...
A natureza da ciência (NdC) tem sido apontada como um componente importante do ensino de ciências, pois o conhecimento sobre a ciência pode contribuir para a tomada de decisões do cidadão contemporâneo. Há poucos trabalhos de revisão com caráter quantitativo no campo da educação em ciências. Dada a importância do tema e considerando a necessidade d...
Dada a importância que as concepções de Natureza da Ciência (NdC) têm recebido nas pesquisas da área de Ensino de Ciências, relatamos o processo de elaboração de um instrumento para investigar as concepções de NdC de estudantes de Biologia. Propomos orientações e princípios que podem contribuir em pesquisas que objetivam levantar concepções de NdC....
We present the activity "What are legume root nodules?", designed to 7th Grade students, which has been structured around the principles of inquiry-based learning and uses the history of science to help students come to a final answer. The activity is based on a contextualized situation in which it is necessary to answer guiding questions throughou...
O livro está dividido em duas partes. A primeira parte é introdutória,contendo 3 capítulos. O capítulo 1 discorre sobre a Alfabetização Científica, Ensino por Investigação e Argumentação, fruto de pesquisas do BioIn, o capítulo 2 descreve os aspectos ecológicos da Restinga, pelo viés dos estudos realizados no LabTrop. No capítulo 3, são apresentado...