Educação Ambiental e Alfabetização Científica na Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA)

Abstract

The environmental impacts arising from human action have been triggering both the environmental imbalance, as well as a variety of problems in today's society. Thus, it is necessary that changes occur in relation to the population's perception of the use of natural resources, so that there is a sustainable use of these resources. Given this, the present work aimed to identify the environmental perception of students of Youth and Adult Education in the community Chã da Pia de Areia-PB. For this purpose, Environmental Education and Scientific Literacy activities were carried out, through a didactic sequence, using, as a didactic strategy, the generating themes proposed by Paulo Freire and the structuring axes for scientific literacy. The research had an exploratory-descriptive nature with a qualitative approach and was developed in four stages in the period between March 2021 and July 2022. In the first stage there were visits to the community and territorial exploration meetings; In the second stage, there was the planning of the pedagogical intervention; The third stage was the implementation of the pedagogical intervention, which took place in a class of cycle I, of the Municipal Elementary School Pedro Honório in the teaching modality of Youth and Adult Education (EJA). The didactic sequence was developed over the course of 3 (three) classes, using strategies adapted for remote teaching, focusing on contextualization and student participation. Data were collected from logbooks in order to record the didactic procedures and the perceptions of the students during the teaching-learning process, for the analysis the following categories were used: survey, conceptualize, contextualize , build and dialogue. Finally, the fourth stage, which was the assessment, was carried out in a diagnostic, formative and mediating way, seeking to identify the difficulties and progress of the students. The present research resulted in the expansion of the students' perception regarding the theme of environmental education and scientific literacy, contributing with significant results presented in a constructive and formative way during the classes, mediated by the teacher-researcher, thus contributing to the construction and expansion of of learning and the development of a critical eye, focused on the conscious use of natural resources.