Teacher knowledge to science and biology teaching

Abstract

In this paper, teaching practices in science and biology are suggested from Paulo Freire and Edgar
Morin research. It is argued that education practices in which the teacher only deposits the contents
in the student must be replaced by those which instigate curiosity, values opinion, considers the
student’s feelings and promotes their autonomy. This education should convert the student into an
agent of transformation of their own reality. Therefore, the teacher must work with sentimentality,
constructive criticism and authority, without authoritarianism. Moreover, the educator must show
that there is no knowledge unscathed of error or illusion. The teacher also needs to consider the
local context in relation to a global content. They shouldhave the skill to teach the human condition
as a universalunity and teach about the earthly identity considering also the uncertainties of events
and human ethics. The discussions presented here are inspirations for the development of teaching
practices. The teacher should adjust them according to their work environment and their public.