Education at school: students knowledge regarding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and environmental problems / "Educação na escola: conhecimento dos alunos à respeito de mosquitos (diptera:culicidae) e problemas ambientais"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

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Rosa, JC. Educação na escola: conhecimento dos alunos a respeito de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) e problemas ambientais [Education at school: students knowledge regarding mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and environmental problems]. São Paulo (BR); 2004. [MD Thesis – Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo]. Objective. To identify students knowledge of mosquitoes and their association to environmental problems. Method. The universe of investigation comprised 58 students from grades 5-8, from Escola Estadual Anne Frank, located in the district of Jardim São Francisco, in the Municipality of São Paulo. Research was carried out by means of semi-structured interviews, using magnetic tape recordings and transcription of tapes. The method employed used a set of instruments, the methodological entities, which enable discrimination of the main themes from the discourse presented by the students, in what refers to the object of the present study. The instruments in question are the central idea and the collective subject discourse. Results: Analysis of data returned the following prevailing ideas: residing in the district is good; the "Rio Negrinho," river is polluted; the reproduction of mosquitoes occurs in places containing water; the mosquitoes cause allergy; garbage is the main environmental problem, and; build-up of water and garbage should be avoided in order to eliminate the mosquitoes. Conclusions. The vector control programs traditionally adopted by the government have not been producing satisfying results; new methods should be found so as to understand how this community behaves toward the mosquitoes, by developing educational campaigns based on organization and the community s knowledge. Recommendations. Inform the students about epidemically significant Culicidae that inhabit the area, seeking to develop more effective educational campaigns in the control of such insects; preferably make use of a language that the community understands, without damaging the technical content, thus ensuring a better understanding of the themes approached, probably resulting in more appropriate actions in the control of vectors.

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problemas ambientais culicídeos environmental problems urbanization and collective subject discourse discurso do sujeito coletivo education culicidae urbanização educação

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