Vivências na natureza, produção e contação de estórias das aves do pantanal: estratégia pedagógica para o ensino de ciências e educação ambiental

Abstract

The present research aimed to investigate the contributions to the learning of elementary school students from Escola Municipal Rural Luiz de Albuquerque de Melo Pereira e Cáceres and its extensions (LAMPC), and Escola Jatobazinho – Pantanal schools in the municipality of Corumbá, MS – provided by activities involving experiences in nature, the production, and storytelling of original stories about Pantanal birds, within the scope of natural science teaching and environmental education. The activities were carried out with thirty-six students from the early and final years of elementary school at Escola LAMPC and fifty-three students from the early years of elementary school at Escola Jatobazinho, and they were analyzed qualitatively. An informal dialogue with the students initiated the methodological procedures, from which the level of knowledge and learning of the groups before the proposed interventions was assessed, based on the theoretical-methodological references of Paulo Freire and Jerome Bruner. The experiences in nature consisted of field trips around the school units for trails and birdwatching. From the dialogical moments focused on contextualizing and problematizing the local socio-environmental reality and the experiences gained from interpretative trail activities with birdwatching, original and unpublished stories were created and told by the students about some species of Pantanal birds, serving as the evaluative instrument for all other project actions. The research led to a greater understanding of the biodiversity in the students’ inhabited region, guiding them to a better comprehension of the interactions within it. It also contributed to the socio-environmental appreciation of the Pantanal by fostering the development of environmental education actions and values and enhancing learning in natural science education.