Material paradidático em educação ambiental para o 6º ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The Environmental Education (EE) has been recognized as a transformative and necessary for the formation of critical citizens active in society. To this end, laws and documents governing their inclusion in the formal teaching spaces, which still occurs in a very shy way by numerous factors. Being one of the necessary information, the EE takes place in an interdisciplinary way, this research had as its goal the elaboration of an interdisciplinary paradidactic material for EE that approaches the subject of Sciences in the 6th year of Elementary School to other curricular subjects contained in the same school year. For that, there was an effort to know how did the implantation of Environmental Education happen in formal teaching institutions; which were the orientations that documents such as the National Curricular Parameters, the National Curricular Directives, the Paraná State Curricular Directives and the Willy Janz School Political Pedagogical Plan possess for the insertion of EE in the formal teaching, as well as the potentialities of allying this insertion to the curricular contents contained in the didactic book of the 6th year of Elementary School. In the literature revision, there was an effort to know about interdisciplinarity, the use of diverse didactic materials by the teachers and how the classes could be organized in didactic sequences in order to supplement the interdisciplinary teaching. A qualitative survey was made in which the instrument utilized was the documental analysis. From this analysis the author acknowledged some of the guide elements for the development of a EE paradidactic material, as: (1) interdisciplinarity; (2) valorization of previous knowledge and educators context; (3) use of diversified teaching strategies and methods; (4) civil formation of the teachers based in the principles and objectives of EE, and (5) development of concepts, procedures, values and attitudes. Thus, by making use of these guide elements, were developed five EE didactic sequences that approximate the curricular knowledge present in the 6th year Sciences didactic book to the other subjects in the same school year, composing a paradidactic material, final product of this dissertation. Two of the five didactic sequences developed were applied by the author during its own classes and it was noted that they filled existent gaps contained in the didactic book with respect to discussions related to EE. Therefore, this work contributes to the insertion of EE in formal teaching institutions and it is expected in the future that these didactic sequences can be amplified and adapted to other contexts and levels of teaching.