Percepção ambiental da geodiversidade: uma proposta didática ao ensino das ciências

Abstract

The municipality of Caçapava do Sul/RS is a traditional geoscience teaching and research school, given the scientific importance of its geological heritage, which also constitutes a potential for sustainable development, promoted by initiatives related to geotourism. This work presents a didactic proposal, of a theoretical nature and qualitative character, which seeks to promote the perception and interpretation of the geological heritage of Caçapava do Sul/RS with a view to favoring the teaching and learning processes of Sciences, enabling the approach of its school community with the theme local geodiversity. The target audience of this didactic proposal consists of students from the final years of elementary school, and the main objective is to propose a teaching plan based on the elements of local geodiversity, in view of correlations between them and the school curriculum. As theoretical subsidies and for the purpose of proposing interventions, particularities were sought in the concepts of progressive differentiation and integrative reconciliation, typical of the Theory of Meaningful Learning. Scientific Literacy concepts/principles were also used, which provide structuring contributions for this study and planning, limited to all its actions, within the scope of a more committed education and capable of enabling Science to consolidate itself as a nature reading language. It is hoped that this proposal will encourage students to take a new look at the environment where they live, through a critical education embodied in/by the local context.