Solos: Concepções e práticas pedagógicas dos professores de Ciências e Geografia de escolas do campo, do município de Sumé/PB

Abstract

Soil sustains life on Earth and its concepts must be considered from the initial formation of all people, in a broad and expressive manner in order to generate change in attitudes and the appropriate sense of identification and responsibility in relation to its conservation and protection. The work aimed to analyze how the teachers of elementary school in the schools of the city of Sumé-PB perceive the soil, the importance of the works, these contents and how they are inserted in the pedagogical plan of these teachers and which ones are used to sensitize the students about the importance to know and care for the soil. To this end, a perception study was prepared based on a questionnaire sent via the Google Forms Platform to teachers in the municipal network, after preliminary consultation via e-mail. The analysis made it possible to verify that the teachers' perception of the soil still needs further study with training in the area, that the information on the soil contents to promote and facilitate learning is important, and that the use of a strategy to dynamize the classes and motivate the students find support in the university's extension actions. In addition, we consider the approach to the theme of soils in the textbooks of Geography and Sciences inadequate and out of context, and reference is made to the activities of Education in Soils based on the extension actions of Projeto Solo na Escola / UFCG, placing them as an important vehicle to popularize the knowledge of the soil, which must be understood as an integrating element of the landscape and an essential component of the different terrestrial ecosystems, fundamental for human survival, due to the countless ecosystem services it promotes for food security and the well-being of the human community.