Formação e assimilação de conceitos científicos com abordagem da educação ambiental na educação infantil

Abstract

This dissertation came of concern about the way scientific learning is approached in childhood education. It shows a how the children construct the meaning of scientific knowledge starting from environmental reality they live, emphasizing the observation and the perception of this environment. It is a qualitative research and the conception of research utilized is the investigation so that the teenagers reflect on your practice with the goal to transform it. The set of activities made have been four didactic projects (DP, or PD in portuguese) and the didactic sequences (DS, SD in portuguese), based on learning theory fundamentals of the meaning, considering the David Ausubel's propositions and collaborators and the scientific culture focused on critical environmental education. The data analysis obtained throughout the instruments utilizes to take them like: audio records, written records on the field notes, text productions, draws and text made by children (attempt to write) conducted to realize the children learn by reception and discovering, able to form and assimilate concepts when create new relevant conceptions to use in cognitive structure a cognitive bridge for new learning. As result of this research was elaborate a blog, that was based on this research and could be used as subsidy for future planning in the area of human development: Natural relationships, to be a virtual environment and interactive, auspicious for new discussions in pedagogical character of planning together with manager participation with shared pedagogical practice which provided different experiences and experiences for children effecting meaningful learning.