Uso da fotografia como ferramenta para a educação ambiental na escola

Abstract

Environmental education practices have a relevant role in school, placing it as a strategy that guarantees a sustainable relationship between society and the environment. We can consider that schools cannot promote quality education by themselves; they could use both technological resources and non-formal education spaces available in the community. The present work aims to formulate a didactic-pedagogical instrument that enables the teaching of environmental education, valuing the social and daily context of students, from the use of photographs in environments that suffered human actions. The present work was developed at the Doutor João Pinto State School, located in the city of Tocantins-MG, in which the senior students of high school participated. Students from two of the classes were the subjects for the development of the present study, with the participation of 50 students in the total. The research and elaboration of the didactic sequence were divided into four stages, described below: i) awareness of the topic (with students from the control and didactic sequence groups); ii) lecture (for the control group) and field class (for the didactic sequence group); iii) organization of the data collected (didactic sequence group); and iv) organization of the photographic exhibition (didactic sequence group). The work developed with the students allowed the students to become more actively involved in the process of building their own knowledge. This didactic sequence with the theme focused on Environmental Education brought with it curricular components foreseen in the Common National Curricular Base. The activities developed within the didactic sequence provided the inclusion of students in an investigative cycle. The didactic sequence developed as a teaching strategy for field classes that has both a 'motivating' and an 'investigative' character. The photographic records made by the students were used for the production of a photographic catalog and in the manufacturing of a banner with the purpose of being fundamental pieces in the dissemination of knowledge to the community in a photographic exhibition. The proposed teaching model proved to be effective in the learning process, bringing activities that presented procedures that offered students the opportunity to expand their knowledge and consolidate the relationship between theory and practice.