Ensino de ciências, educação ambiental e a Piracema: conexões possíveis

Abstract

The paper analyzed how the biological phenomenon of spawning may contribute to establish possible connections between the teaching of Science and Environmental Education in the daily life of pupils in the 7th grade of elementary education at a state school in the city of Ladário/MS. A qualitative action research was conducted, divided into two phases. In the first phase, the pupils answered a questionnaire and made a comic book to express the knowledge they had about the theme, so as to establish in what level of cognitive development they were, according to Vygotsky’s theory. In the second phase, after analyzing the answers and the comics, the theme Fish was introduced in dialogued classes and extracurricular activities, totaling 20 hours. In the end, the pupils answered the question again about the concept of spawning and produced the comic book in groups so as to reveal the progress made. The collected data were considered according to the "Categorical Content Analysis." The research was based on Lev Vygotsky Semionovich’s theory, which seeks to understand the relationship between humans and their physical and social environment, from the sociohistorical approach. The knowledge progress was relevant, when comparing the two research stages. The results were made possible by the methodology used and because the activities were developed within the research subjects’ zone of proximal development, characterized by Vygotsky as the need for mediation by the teacher and more capable peers.