NATURE’S BOX: A PROPOSAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN NON-FORMAL SPACES

• Main Author: Oliveira, Ercilene do Nascimento Silva de
• Publication Date: 2021
• Other Authors: Santos, Sammya Danielle Florencio dos, Silva, Fabrícia Souza da, Terán, Augusto Fachín
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista Reamec
• Download full: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/11419
• topic: Educación ambiental. Formación de profesores. Caja de la naturaleza. Espacios no formales.; Environmental Education. Teacher Training. Nature Box. Non-formal spaces.; Educação Ambiental. Formação de Professores. Elementos Naturais. Espaços não-formais.

Working with Environmental Education in the training of teachers is essential to train educators who understand the different dimensions that cover this theme. Therefore, working with Environmental Education outside the classroom, using non-formal spaces, enables meaningful learning by exploring the natural resources and elements available for teaching. This study aims to understand how the disclosure of Environmental Education in educational spaces occurs through the application of a practical field activity called “Nature’s Box”. Concerning the methodological aspects, this research presents a descriptive qualitative approach, with a philosophical foundation guided by the premises of Merleau-Ponty. The place that we used was the Science Forest of the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA). The participating subjects were 58 undergraduate Pedagogy students attending the Environmental Education course of a public higher education institution in Manaus, Amazonas. A cardboard box was made and placed in a strategic place so that at the end of the practical activity, the participants could leave their answers on a question asked. We used Bardin’s Content Analysis for data analysis. The results reveal that the presented proposal aroused in the students feelings and attitudes towards the environment, allowing a reflection on their future practices to work on Environmental Education in non-formal learning spaces.