Primeiras Histórias do Ensino de Biologia: uma análise bibliométrica

Abstract

The present work aims to map scientific productions in the History of Biology Teaching. The methodology used was bibliometric research, and we research on the journal History and Philosophy of Biology, CAPES journals portal, and SciELO electronic library. It is a quantitative and descriptive study of productions involving the History of Biology Teaching. We analyzed in the titles of the works the words "biology", "teaching" and "discipline" or any word/expression that could refer to the idea of History of Biology Teaching. All recovered works were considered, whether they were in English, Portuguese or Spanish. The total number of documents recovered was 1545. For the analysis, in addition to presenting the data quantitatively, we grouped the works retrieved in the research into common categories. The analysis showed that there is a small number of studies on the history of teaching biology. From the searches it becomes evident that the History of Biology Teaching is part of a little explored field of research and studies.