Creative behavior on Biology academic program teachers at the UPEL-IPB

Abstract

The present qualitative study analyzed the creative behaviour shown by teachers assigned to the Biology Academic Program at the UPEL - IPB. In this study, teachers from the Biology Academic Program participated as subject studies. Participative observation, interviews and field book were used as data collection techniques. The data was analyzed by a qualitative analysis with the constant comparative method, both, manually applied and with Atlas.ti program. Some of the most important results are: teachers reported to know the theoretical principles about creativity, just a minority put it in practice. In the same way, some process blockers were found and a didactic oriented to promote conceptualism was observed.