Agrotóxicos e ensino de ciências: formas de atuação na escola do campo

Abstract

This final paper aims to research the issue of pesticides in science education from the daily lives of students in the field. It has known that improper and inappropriate use of these products lead to intoxication of workers, in addition to the consumption of contaminated food, causing irreparable damage to those living in the environment. The proposal of this final paper is to seek and provide possible pedagogical approaches to be worked in the rural schools in Lavras do Sul / RS and at the region there are many areas with plantations in which make continuous use of various types of pesticides. The objective of this study is analyzing ways in which at the José Antunes school and the Três Vendas community work in relation to the pesticides and science teaching. Social research is defined by Gil (1999) as the formal and systematic process of development of the scientific method. The subjects of the research were workers from the rural area of Lavras do Sul / RS and students from the José Antônio Antunes school. A questionnaire was used with open questions that could bring up the understanding of the relationship of the researched community. The agrotoxic thematic may emerge perspectives and attitudes that permeate the experiences of those involved in the research. This work enabled us to investigate the ways in which the José Antunes school works on the teaching of science as it has been approached, and how this theme is treated. According with our analysis, we understand that the school has no interest in changing its way of developing content and is tied to an obsolete curriculum that does not correspond to the reality of the rural school, nor are there public policies aimed at this population that lacks information.