Entomologia nos livros didáticos: análise e comparação antes e depois da recente reforma do ensino médio

Abstract

In view of the recent reform in high school, investigating the effects of the changes in the LDB on the approach of the contents in the books of Biology, is a starting point for evaluating the quality of new textbooks. In this sense, the general objective of this study was to analyse and compare the content of Entomology present in collections of biology books, focused on high school, approved by PNLD/2018 and PNLD/2021. The present work brings a qualitative research, articulating with quantitative elements, and bibliographic research. From key themes on Entomology, 20 categories were created for the analysis of the books, observing their presence and number of citations. The work that held the highest number of citations was Lopes & Rosso (2016), with 123, followed by Amabis & Martho (2016) with 100, both belonging to PNLD/2018. On the other hand, the works of the PNLD/2021, directed to the new high school program, presented far fewer citations. With the suppression of important topics of Entomology, Amabis et al. (2020) bring 45 and Lopes & Rosso (2020) bring only 23 citations. After analysis and comparison, it was found that the works of the PNLD/2018 address the themes focused on Entomology in a richer way, with many details and examples. In both books there are excerpts dedicated exclusively to talk about insects. In that manner, the basic concepts of Entomology are present and in a very assertive way for high school, especially in the work of Lopes & Rosso (2016). However, the works of the PNLD/2021 present scattered concepts about insects that are mostly used as examples in various topics. Thus, many basic concepts of Entomology, such as metamorphosis and pollination, are not exposed. Being Lopes & Rosso (2020) the work with more suppressed topics about insects.