NATURE-INSPIRED INNOVATION: THE ROLE OF BIOMIMETICS IN DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC CAPITAL IN STEAM APPROACHES
Biomimicry; Science capital; STEAM approach.
This research is aimed at studying the interconnection between Biomimicry and the STEAM
approach and its influence on the expansion of high school students' scientific capital. Our
general objective is to structure and analyze a teaching proposal that integrates STEAM and
biomimicry approaches to measure the scientific capital of high school students. The research
in question is initially based on studies about the theoretical and methodological possibilities
for implementing STEAM proposals aligned with critical pedagogies, in which we
contemplate the STEM and STEAM approach, critical pedagogies and the STEAM
perspective, Scientific Capital and the STEAM approach. Next, we look at Biomimetics as a
strategy in science teaching, the concept of Biomimetics and its main foundations (cores),
biomimetics and its educational approach, as well as the points of confluence between the
STEAM approach, scientific capital and Biomimetics. This is a qualitative, descriptive,
intervention-type study. It will be carried out in a comprehensive school in the Pernambuco
State Education Network, with high school students, using a teaching proposal based on
aspects of the STEAM approach and biomimicry, with the aim of expanding scientific capital.
These two approaches have their own guidelines for teaching and allow for integration, since
they are different themes, but in certain respects they have points of confluence. To collect
and analyze the data, a pre-established questionnaire will be used to verify the dimensions and
sub-dimensions of scientific capital that emerge from the students' experiences. The
questionnaire will follow the proposal of Archer et al. (2015), as well as the narrative
interview. Data analysis will be based on studies of scientific capital, the STEAM approach
and Biomimetics. It is hoped that Biomimetics in STEAM approaches within the scope of
Science Teaching will contribute to the growth of the scientific capital of secondary school
students.