Ethnoknowledge on fish fishermen and teachers in the floodplain of the upper Rio Paraná

Abstract

The research aimed to investigate the ethnoichthyologics there are fishermen’s knowledge region of the upper Paraná River, as well as analyze how teachers from area schools promote the dialogue between the scientific and popular knowledge with their students. The popular fishermen’s knowledge on fish was obtained through personal interviews. It was also developed an educational workshop and questionnaire applied to teachers, to identify the concepts and practices to teach them about the issue at hand. The data were analyzed by the technique of content analysis. The results indicate that the fishermen have ethnoichthyologics knowledge of the area, which should be considered in environmental education projects and management of local natural resources. Regarding the teachers, we found limitations for them work the dialogue of issue in their classes, though these were salved and reflected during the workshop.

Keywords

• basic education
• popular knowledge
• fishermen
• dialogue of knowledge