Trekking como Prática Pedagógica Interdisciplinar no Ensino Médio Integrado na Promoção da Educação Ambiental

Abstract

This study aimed to promote Trekking in an interdisciplinary way in the integrated high school of the Federal Institute of Acre (Ifac) as a methodology to develop a critical environmental education (EA). The specific objectives were: a) To identify the students' perception in relation to bodily adventure practices (PCA) in non-formal spaces; b) Apply Trekking as content of Physical Education (EF) School in the Integrated High School of Ifac through a lecture, workshops and practices as a pedagogical resource for EE; c) Verify, by means of a record of activities, the potential of Trekking practice in the construction of a critical AE; d) Develop an interdisciplinary e-book for EE from the practice of Trekking. 41 students from the 4th year of the technical course in computer science integrated with Ifac high school, Campus Rio Branco participated. This study was organized into articles, the first with the objective of describing Trekking, as PCA, within the scope of Federal Institutes, to develop a critical EA through the use of Amazonian spaces. In the second article, the objective was to identify the place of the PCAs in the teaching plans of the EF discipline of the Ifac integrated high school courses, Campus Rio Branco. The third article aimed to identify the perception of students, in relation to PCAs, Trekking, environment and EA. And the last production aimed to promote Trekking as a pedagogical tool to develop not only the contents of the PE area, but also to promote interdisciplinary and EA-oriented knowledge. This is qualitative research, exploratory, documentary research and participatory research. The students answered a questionnaire and participated in a workshop on Trekking, a lecture on protected areas and the APA Lago do Amapá and culminating in a field class at the APA, using Trekking as a methodology to develop geography, PE and biology content. interdisciplinary way and focused on AE. Data were collected by recording each student's field diary at the end of each stage and a conversation wheel in the classroom. Content analysis techniques were used, organizing the information into categories, which were submitted in the ATLAS TI v.9 software. The PCAs allow the insertion of man in spaces of the Amazon forest, constituting a tool to be inserted in the pedagogical practices. Such content is not present in the teaching plans of EF at Ifac / Campus Rio Branco. The practice of Trekking as a teaching methodology in integrated high school promoted environmental education, showing a discourse aimed at a critical reflection in relation to the role of each one in this process, identifying the existing problems and how human actions contribute to the preservation or degradation of these environments and their reflection on life in society. At the end, an e-book was produced to guide teachers in the application and inclusion of Trekking in their educational practices, indicating the steps to be taken for a correct application of this content.