Educação paleoambiental por meio da exposição de fósseis no Vale do Curimataú Paraibano e região.

Abstract

Fossils are essential to understanding the evolution of life on Earth and are involved with prospecting for mineral goods, such as oil and mineral coal. The education paleoenvironmental, which addresses the need to raise awareness and preserve fossils through of different teaching materials, this study is little explored in the classroom. This job aims to stimulate paleoenvironmental education, through the exhibition of fossils, in the O Homem do Curimataú Museum, for Elementary II and High Schools, in the valley of Curimataú in Paraíba and the region. The methodology applied was quantitative and analysis of content. After the presentations, a questionnaire was administered to 253 students from the twelve schools that participated, with 153 applied to Fundamean II and IGO Education for students from High School with nine questions, the students' choice was random, divided into discursive and objective, which aimed to evaluate the impact of fossil exposure. You results obtained demonstrated that students have certain prior knowledge about the fossils and have heard about fossils in different media, however, they cite the school few times, and do not express the importance that fossils have for understanding issues evolution of life on the planet. It was also observed that schools do not organize classes outside of the school environment and that students have never had direct contact with fossils. Works In this context, it is important for educational institutions to have an access route attractive to consolidate the teaching and learning process, with this it is expected that new works are designed to alleviate the difficulties encountered in the classroom, in topics involving Paleontology.