Medicinal garden: scientific and popular contributions in the school environment

• Autor(a) principal: Luana dos Santos, Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Belchior Ferreira dos Santos, Raquel, da Silva Júnior, José Luiz, Conceição dos Santos, Magnólia Carla, Feitosa dos Santos, Aldenir
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Diversitas Journal
• Texto Completo: https://diversitasjournal.com.br/diversitas_journal/article/view/2263
• topic: Horta; Medicinal; Ensino; Huerta; Medicinal; Enseñando; Medicinal; Teaching; Vegetable garden

The use of plants in their various possibilities of usability has become widely popular in our society, enabling the practice of the cultural attire of our ancestors. The interest in cultivating medicinal species from vegetable gardens in schools is an additional option in the diversification of pedagogical activities, providing students with a different experience, and a vehicle for Environmental Education, taking advantage of changes in man's habits and attitudes and his relationship with others. the environment. The objective of the work is to encourage the construction of a mini medicinal garden in students' homes so that it contributes to the promotion of scientific and popular knowledge. The project was carried out in the morning classes of the 3rd year of the state school of basic education Costa Rêgo, located in the city of Arapiraca-AL, developed with an approach in the methodology of action research with a planned basis. With the residence of the medicinal garden produced in its students, it was possible for the students to have a larger project in the project, since those responsible for the garden for planting and the plant, had contact with the soil, updating the planting, sowing, care and at the same time developing an interest in the topic through the research carried out, that is, updating through research. Thus, environmental awareness of the insertion of the medicinal garden placed it in a feat of environmental education for the construction of values ​​and attitudes, providing a better relationship between man and nature, strengthening as a team, instituting citizens and pondering on the reflection and preservation of the environment. environment.