O nível de conhecimento dos estudantes de ciências biológicas em microbiologia do solo

Abstract

The courses of graduation in Biological Sciences must qualify their graduates that they will be able to insert in future pedagogical practices current themes of social and environmental relevance, to value the preservation and well being of all life forms. The contents in the Microbiology Soil have potential in order to different social and environmental questions be broached in basic education. These specific knowledges must take part of a repertory of future teachers. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge in Soil Microbiology of the students in process of graduation in Biological Sciences in one public and other private university. The data were collected through a questionnaire consisting of ten objective questions, which broached the importance and application of several processes performed by the soil micro-organisms. The analysis of the answers showed that some students that were concluding the course of graduation in Biological Science presented difficulties in some specific contents of Soil Microbiology, and they have an insufficient initial instruction courses to work this content with their future students. The initial and continuing education courses should be attentive to scientific advances and the necessities of the society in which they live.