Tecnologias da informação e comunicação (TICs) como instrumento didático no processo de educação ambiental: estudo de caso

Abstract

In recent years, alternatives have been sought in an attempt to promote Environmental Education (EE) in educational institutions, in order to correspond to movements in favor of discussions on environmental issues, in order to adopt EE practices, trying then to promote the awareness, awareness of groups or the population as a whole. The study was carried out at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology Education of Piauí, Campus Corrente, located in the municipality of Corrente - PI. The research had as a methodological instrument an intervention process with the first year classes of high school at the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI) - Campus Corrente, using the game “Eco Quiz: environment and sustainability”. 77% of the participants answered that the methodology used to address environmental issues is of great importance and 23% highlighted that the methodology used was excellent, thus showing the importance in the variation of methodologies and the insertion of new tools for teaching, which narrows the gap between to new ways of communicating in education, contributing significantly to research, as it was a different way for the actors to assimilate knowledge in relation to teaching and learning in EE. It was found that with the research that 95% of the interviewees reported that it is interesting to bring new methodologies, that leave the common place of the classroom, and whenever possible, replacing theoretical classes. It was also noticed that, when they entered the laboratory, they were very amazed by the scenario of the prototype of the environmental education game “Eco Quiz: environment and sustainability”, making them feel excited to participate in the research / intervention moment. Thus, it is concluded that Environmental Education (EA) combined with Information and Communication Technology (ICT), enabled students to learn about environmental issues and to build knowledge for socio-environmental responsibility for the future