A blog in the CEFET-MG student´s daily life about solidary selective collection in a STS perspective

• Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Beatriz Pinheiro
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Cardinali, Sandra Mara Mourão, Garcia, Teresa Cristina Melo, Frenedozo, Rita de Cássia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática - REnCiMa
• Texto Completo: https://revistapos.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/rencima/article/view/528
• topic: Blog; Coleta seletiva; CTS; Blog; Solidary selective colection; STS

The creation of a blog about “Solidary Selective Collection” aimed to develop teaching strategies in an STS perspective - science, technology and society, preparing students for citizenship, making it - the critics, reflective, responsible and able to make connections  with the world outside the school,. The stimulus for Selective Collection Projects  in Federal Universities is in accordance with the Federal Decree No. 5.940/06. Selective collection is an important issue in Environmental Education and is directly related to citizens' daily lives. In Brazil the National Curricular Parameters and the National Guidelines for Secondary Education (NCP) (Brazil 1999) emphasizes the contextualized teaching supported in student´s everyday life with meaningful to him. Although selective waste collection is a current theme, takes up little space in textbooks. To contribute in solving these problems, an educational blog about selective collection is being built by students under the teacher´s. Some features of this “in building” educational blog are: space for information on solid waste, selective collection and recycling, interactive activities such as games, competitions and photo galleries. The ability of the digital instrument to sensitize and mobilize the school community for a solidary selective collection is currently being evaluated.