Os ecossistemas locais nas aulas de ecologia : abordagens didáticas em escolas localizadas no entorno de uma unidade de conservação em Aracaju, SE

• Autor(a) principal: Dantas, Camilla Silen de Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/5076
• topic: Ecologia (estudo e ensino); Ecossistemas; Educação ambiental; Prática de ensino; Ensino de biologia; Ensino de ecologia; Prática docente; Biology teaching; Ecology education; Teaching practice; CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::MATEMATICA

By considering the school environment as an individual formation vehicle for its social and environmental performance, it is recognized in Ecology Education, specifically, potentialities for the comprehension of environmental problems, especially if taken as a starting point the experiential environment for students. This work aims to analyze the practice of Biology teachers on local ecosystems in Ecology classes from three public schools in Aracaju, Sergipe, located near to the “Morro do Urubu” Environmental Protection Area (EPA), which includes the only remnant of the Atlantic Forest in the city and it is situated in the vicinity of the Rio Sergipe estuary, with mangrove areas. The research has a qualitative approach, using interviews as a data acquisition instrument. It was analyzed reports of seven teachers of these schools about their teaching practice in order to characterize the teaching strategies used in local ecosystems teaching and analyze the potentialities and limitations of teaching these ecosystems. For the categorization of teaching strategies used by these teachers, it was used the classification of Teaching Methods proposed by Krasilchik. The results showed that the practice of most teachers is limited to the Lectures and Individualized Instruction methods, perhaps due in part to the scarcity of material resources and lack of pedagogical support, a fact that narrows mainly the execution of Demonstrations, Experimental Classes and Simulations. The long hours of work in teaching activity of these professionals impede them from undertaking more joint work with other colleagues of the schools in which they work, making it impossible to carry out Tours and Projects. It was observed that although some teachers realize the existence of certain ecosystems surrounding the school and recognize the potential of these environments for students learning, unfortunately, the proximity to the “Morro do Urubu” EPA does not seem to influence the didactic approach on local ecosystems, and was the Textbook appointed as the main guiding of the practice of these teachers. It is seen, therefore, the need for investments, both in resources and in more efficient Public Policies for teacher training.