A temática das questões raciais nas aulas de ciências: uma análise dos conteúdos abordados no livro didático e seus discursos à luz da BNCC

Abstract

Confronting racism for the formation of citizens and the recognition of the historical importance of black people in the formation of national culture is of great importance. Therefore, it is necessary that textbooks, especially science books, be updated according to the BNCC to discuss racism and existing ethnic-racial relations, thus valuing the historical and cultural aspects of the Brazilian reality. In this sense, the objective of the present study is to analyze whether Science textbooks for the 9th year of Elementary School II adopted by schools in the city of Teresina-PI cover the theme of racism and ethnic-racial issues from the skills proposed by the BNCC. For this, a qualitative research was carried out from a descriptive-exploratory study. For the bibliographic survey, books, articles, dissertations/theses, official documents, etc. were considered theoretical sources. In the documentary research, six Science textbooks from the 9th year of Elementary School II were selected for analysis, used by public and private schools in the city of Teresina-PI. The interpretation of the collected data was performed according to the criteria described by the Content Analysis method. The results indicate that the textbooks analyzed encompass the BNCC skills that address issues of Genetics and Heredity, which are consistent with the debate on racism and ethnic-racial relations, as protected by Law No. 10,639/2003.