Química e meio ambiente: um estudo sobre o ensino de química contextualizado com as questões ambientais

Abstract

Environmental education is configured as a comprehensive way of education. The school has an important role to contribute to the education that addresses environmental issues and reach citizens by promoting awareness and ongoing participation in society. This study investigated the impact of the application of Chemical contents of the first year of high school from the context of environmental issues in the city of São João da Varjota guided by the guidelines of the National Curriculum Guidelines for Secondary Education (PCNEM). A didactic sequence was applied, with strategies involving: lectures, field classes, exposure of the environmental problems of the city aimed at public awareness. The survey took place from June to September 2014 in Sao Joao da Varjota in St. John the Baptist state school with the teaching of Chemistry and the first years of high school. This research was qualitative in nature, field, cross population character with intervention, setting up on an action research. The results show the importance of discussion of aa Chemistry in context and its impact on decision-making and civic education of students through the investigation of environmental issues in the city. Also points out possible ways to build a new profile for the student of chemistry at the insertion of contextualization in the classroom and the importance of discussions on environmental education