Alimentos transgênicos: uma abordagem de ciência, tecnologia e sociedade

Abstract

This study presents a reporting experience of teaching-learning fulfilled with Chemistry technical course’s students from Institute Federal of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás-GO, Campus Inhumas (IFG). The procedure used address the topic transgenic involving Science, technology and society (STS). The main aspects included the definition of transgenic, the factors that encourage production and as well the techniques used, the Brazilian legislation regulating the research, the production and marketing of transgenic, allowing the students to acquire knowledge to enable them to choose for the use or not of this kind of food. The proposal intends to go beyond a curricular issue, presenting a cross-curricular view of biotechnology applied in transgenic foods. To evaluate the contribution of the pedagogical process and the students' learning questionnaires were applied before and after the accomplishment of activities. Considering the results that were achieved by the methodological procedure applied on the STS topic approach, can be considered that it was a good experience because there was an active integration with students and professor. The teaching material as well as the experimental class aroused the interest of the group and allowed the contact with the technique of extraction of DNA from a vegetal.