A dimensão ambiental no contexto ensino-aprendizagem: avaliação do jogo didático nas aulas de biologia

Abstract

Environmental Education is a process that should be dealt with at school so that humans can understand their relationship with nature and seek for an improve in environmental preservation and conservation, taking actions that will benefit the environment and provide health and wellness for themselves and others. The aim of this study was to develop a teaching-learning proposal, involving the major environmental issues of these days, with the use of educational practices and by developing an educational game. The survey was conducted in a state school in the city of Castro, Paraná involving a class of thirty students of first year of Agricultural school. During the process of learning the students had to research on environmental issues as climate change, solid waste and sustainability. After the exploration phase, the board game was applied in order to discuss and simulate real-world situations involving issues related to susteinable practices. From the questionnaire, elaborated according to the Diretrizes Curriculares of Paraná state, we evaluated the students' learning through qualitative method. The result was was quite satisfactory because this work showed that the learning through the use of games is very significant. This practice also helps the students to acquire taste for searching, reading and questioning.