Percepções e práticas dos docentes de biologia sobre desinformação na escola

Abstract

Misinformation is spread against several areas of knowledge, including health. Until malicious interlocutors take advantage of the interest generated by the topic. With the advancement of COVID-19 around the world, the amount of circulating information on the subject has increased, some of which are true and some are not. The presence of conflicting information, especially when encouraged by religious leaders, politicians, etc. confuses the general public, thus compromising adherence to effective measures. If distorted speeches convince and confuse people in the rest of society, it's expected that they will also have an impact on students. Issues related to COVID-19 is studied at school within the discipline of biology, so it acts as a bridge that dialogues with the knowledge obtained on social networks and allows such information to be filtered. Using the Google Forms tool, four high school biology teachers from Fortaleza/CE and Maracanaú/CE were consulted regarding their perceptions about the arrival of this information by the students and in what ways they were treated. Teachers care about the subject and adopt different strategies to help students deal with information available on the internet. Among them, the use of technological tools in classes is a constant. However, there are limitations arising from the availability of these or the time available. If, disinformation is a problem that affects different areas of society and people's perception of relevant issues. It is necessary that, in addition to the work of teachers' efforts, actions by the entire school are necessary to provide students with the skills to surf the internet safely.