Práticas em educação ambiental em uma escola pública no município de Damião - PB.

Abstract

Environmental problems have become increasingly intense and noticeable over the centuries. In this way, Environmental Education (EE) presents itself as a tool to form new values in human beings that will guide their choices and practices. In this context, teaching about EE in schools becomes a necessary practice for building a subject with ecological and critical thinking. Considering that EE can use different didactic strategies for its approach, the present work proposes to develop practical-pedagogical actions on environmental education with students of the 9th grade of elementary school at the Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental (E.M.E.F.) Professor Nino, located in municipality of Damião PB, in order to encourage awareness about environmental conservation and meaningful learning in science teaching. To this end, a qualitative approach study was carried out, with a field survey, with a sample of 20 students from a 9th grade class of elementary school at E.M.E.F Professor Nino, located in the municipality of Damião-PB, in the period of April and May 2023. The construction and execution of the research took place in six stages: 1) Presentation of the project and signature of the TCLE and TALE; 2) Conversation wheel 3) Gamified class using the BioQuiz application; 4) Visit to an ecological trail; 5) application of structured questionnaire. According to the didactic sequence applied, it was observed that the students have a good understanding of the content addressed, know the local flora and fauna and actively and carefully participated in the pedagogical actions developed. Thus, the application of the didactic sequence occurred satisfactorily, reaching the proposed objectives, being effective for the construction of practical knowledge and for the students' learning in environmental education and conservation of the caatinga.