DISCOURSES ON THE FEMININE BODY AND THE MASCULINE BODY IN SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS OF ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY USED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SÃO LUIS - MA: a documentary analysis from cultural studies in education

Authors

  • JACKSON RONIE SÁ-SILVA Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UFMA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18817/ot.v17i29.764

Keywords:

Corpo Feminino e Corpo Masculino, Livros Didáticos, Ensino de Ciências e Biologia

Abstract

Abstract: Research subscribed to the field of educational research which aims to understand discourses on socially relevant themes - such as gender and sexuality - in textbooks through the theoretical and methodological perspective of Cultural Studies in Education. Through documentary research, it was possible to acknowledge ideas and representations on the female and the male body, conveyed by Science textbooks of elementary school and high school Biology available in public schools of São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. We cataloged and analyzed 39 books that presented, for the most part, contents on the female and male body from ideas linked to the biology of these bodies. Superficially, we found qualified speeches from a cultural perspective. That way, it is understood that the results of this research signal to a rethinking of the contents of “female body” and “male body” that glimpse critical, problematizing, ethical and inclusive approaches.

Keywords: Female and male body. Textbooks. Teaching Sciences and Biology.

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Author Biography

JACKSON RONIE SÁ-SILVA, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UFMA

Doutor em Educação pela Unisinos, Mestre em Saúde e Ambiente pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Farmacêutico bioquímico pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão -UFMA.

Published

2020-02-12

How to Cite

SÁ-SILVA, J. R. (2020). DISCOURSES ON THE FEMININE BODY AND THE MASCULINE BODY IN SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS OF ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY USED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SÃO LUIS - MA: a documentary analysis from cultural studies in education. Outros Tempos: Pesquisa Em Foco - História, 17(29), 329–354. https://doi.org/10.18817/ot.v17i29.764

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Dossiê - Relações de e entre gêneros