Popularização da ciência no contexto da educação ambiental: uma experiência no município de Curral Velho

Abstract

In a scenario of the aggravation of environmental issues, the aim of this research is to show evidence and discuss a socio-environmental problem that currently occurs in the city of Curral Velho, in the Sertão of Paraíba; emphasizing the importance of the popularization of science as a possibility to highlight to the school issues that concern the context of the local community. The present research has sought to answer the following questions: in what way can the popularization efforts of science favor the debate in situations of social and environmental conflict? What is the relevance of the school as a democratic space to confront these and other conflicts? How did the science books used in the Municipal School of the city of Curral Velho correlate the programmatic content with the environmental problem of the city? To base the research theoretically, references were used from the area of Science, Technology, Society and Environment - CTS_A as well as publications in the field of Scientific Divulgation and Popularization of Science; in addition to a contextualization of Environmental Education in Brazil, relating it to some aspects of social mobilization and the Freiriana praxis. This research is qualitative in nature of participatory observation, using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews as the main instrument for data collection. A final product was produced that is oriented to the local community and can serve as a parameter in other similar situations. In the case of teachers, the dissertation and its product will serve as complementary texts for classroom work with the theme of water in science teaching.