A reflection on the use of analogies in the teaching of sciences and the multimodal development of reality: the example of the topics of the theory of biological evolution

Abstract

Analogies are a heuristic source of thought for understanding or transitioning ideas to the formation of scientific concepts, being widely used by scientists and in everyday life. In this essay, we seek to approximate the concept of modal analogy of the Dooyeweerdian theory with the Teaching Methodology with Analogy (TMA), in order to enrich the ordinary perceptions of signs and the scientific analytical cultural openness. We conducted a survey survey on teaching methods using analogies, to then expose concepts from Dooyeweerd's cosmological theory seeking to substantiate the concept of modal analogy, cultural openness and the Shalom principle. Finally, we highlight the dialogue of this Dooyeweerdian philosophical conception with the use of TMA in the example of Charles Darwin's Tree of Life analogy. In this interaction, we perceive the enrichment (cultural opening) of analogue relations already known for evolutionary development, extinction and appearance of specimens according to the plant organs, buds, leaves and branches; the construction of new modal analogue relations for other organs and situations in which the plant commonly survives, such as the presence of beings in different environmental environments (aquatic, terrestrial and aerial) and reproduction of a teleological character in relation to the root and fruit organs; and also the discursiveness of balance for the social and environmental context through the Shalom principle.

Keywords

• analogia de ensino
• analogia modal
• dooyeweerd
• evolução