A "vida marinha" nas escolas brasileiras do novo milênio (2001-2022): o que a literatura nos revela?

Abstract

Marine biodiversity has been increasingly discussed by scientists and addressed in schools due to current environmental problems, seeking solutions that enable nature conservation, especially the seas and oceans. The school is responsible for initiating citizen training, and should perform activities that reinforce to students the importance of nature preservation. For this reason, the general objective of this work was to evaluate the teaching of "marine life" in Brazilian basic education, as well as the valorization of this content for the formation of citizens with critical awareness. Bibliographical research was carried out analyzing the approach of the theme in Brazilian schools in the New Millennium (2001-2022) quantitatively and exploratory. A total of 100 papers were examined. The results present the main types of scientific productions and their temporal and geographical distributions, linking with Brazilian universities, academic programs, thematic focuses within "marine life", teaching stages, types of research and use of active methodologies. It is concluded that public universities are fundamental for increasing academic production and democratization of science in Brazilian society; the teaching on "marine life" increases every year and the Northeast region of Brazil has the largest number of studies based on this theme.