O corpo na perspectiva da Alfabetização Científica: um Fanzine pedagógico sobre saúde, beleza e consumo de anabolizantes

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the contribution of a didactic-pedagogical material of the pedagogical Fanzine type that undertakes to address the Body and Anabolic themes in its holistic perspective, in other words, in an articulated and broad way, to help in elaborating and implementing pedagogical practices of High School teachers in the perspective of Scientific Literacy. To achieve this general objective, the paths taken (specific objetives) consist of a bibliographic review to explore and substantiate the axes that are articulated: Education in Health, Body, Anabolic Drugs and Body Image, Scientific Literacy, and Fanzine; in the selection, systematization, and qualitative analysis of 21 Biology and Natural Sciences textbooks and their technologies used in high school in public and private education in Brazil; in the elaboration of a didactic-pedagogical material in the format of a Fanzine named The magic formula for you to become sexier: a pedagogical Fanzine of health, beauty and consumption of anabolic steroids based on the Scientific Literacy approach; and in the qualitative analysis of the contributions of five teachers from different disciplines of High School through a Focus Group on the didactic-pedagogical material. It is, therefore, a qualitative and exploratory research. This study presents an organized pedagogical Fanzine with suggestions of activities to be carried out with high school students whose age group, due to their characteristic physiological, biological and intellectual development, collaborates with the approach of criticism of body image due to the consumption of anabolic steroids, as opposed to criticism of the pattern of beauty imposed by society. The analytical process of the textbooks, demonstrated that there is, but the approach to the Anabolic theme is scarce, while there is the representation of the Body theme both in the textbooks before and after the (new) methodology of the New High School, however, it is treated from a biomedical, anatomical, physiological and pharmacological point of view. The analysis of the data obtained in the Focus Group revealed the commitment of the teachers in approaching the themes of Body and Anabolic steroids holistically and collaborating with the role of playfulness in the teaching process through artistic production; with the role of the student in the process of building his knowledge and being responsible for his learning; with the interdisciplinary involvement in the need to involve different fields of knowledge to achieve the student's scientific literacy; the formation of critical citizenship; and with the investigative movement that arouses curiosity. Regarding the Fanzine object, the teachers highlighted “limits” to the distribution of time, the scarcity of content, and the need to use technological devices to carry out some activities. In contrast, as “potentialities”, the teachers highlighted the diversity of language, the possibilities of conceptual articulation and interdisciplinarity. In general, the analysis of these data allowed the characterization of the teachers' pedagogical practices and their convictions about a pedagogical Fanzine that addresses the themes of Body and Anabolic Drugs from the perspective of Scientific Literacy.