Educação profissional e resíduo eletrônico: uso de sequência didática nas aulas de língua espanhola do curso técnico em Informática integrado ao ensino médio.

Abstract

Nowadays, according to researches that show about solid wastes, the improper disposal of wastes and electronics is, probably, one of the biggest contemporary environmental problems. In this context, it is clear the school is a crucial space for reflection and the development of projects of environmental education, aiming to debate the aforementioned theme and its environmental impacts. An applicable methodological didactic strategy in the classroom, specially in Spanish classes, is the didactic sequence. The main purpose of this Master ´s Degree research is to understand how to address the issue of wastes and electronics of interdisciplinar way in the Spanish classes of the Computing Course Integrated to High School at CETI Cândido Borges Castelo Branco, using a qualitative applicable and descritive approach, through a case study. The research participants will be the students of 2nd grade, well the teachers of Computing and Environment Courses. The techniques of data collection included questionnaires, interviews and participatory observation. For the data interpretation and analysis, used the content analysis for the answers of interviews and graphics, percentages and tables for the data of the questionnaires. The resulting educational product of this research of Master ´s Degree is a didactic sequence named “Electronic Waste Disposal in the Environment”. In relation to the development and the application of this research, initially, after the data production of the answers of questionnaires and interviews, were planned the purposes of learning, the time, the organization of the class the steps of the activities. Later, after the planning, the process of application was carried out. The results indicate that everybody thirty-seven interviewed students are aware of what electronic waste is, demonstrating an awareness level about the theme. The analysis of data indicates eighty-nine percent of the participants are favorable to discard of fluorescente lamps in recycling cooperatives, reflecting a trend for sustainable environmental practices. It was identified a clear preference by interactive practical teaching methods, with fifty-four percent of the interwiers. Besides, fifty-one percent support the implementation of environmental projects, as recycling initiatives. Significant obstacles were observed, including the resistance of some teachers to collaborative work and the lack of preparation to interdisciplinar approaches. The difficulty in bringing together teachers for the joint planning also was highlighted, pointing to the need of strategies of logistics management and time. Despite the good acceptance of recycling as a method of discard, the research pointed the need educating and engaging the minority of students that appeared indecisive, ensuring an electronic waste management more effective and comprehensive. The research highligted the relevance of the interdisciplinarity in the approach of the theme. Being a essential collaboration of teachers of the technical areas for identificating effective strategies. The research contributes for the extension of knowledge about environmental education, highligting the need of innovative and integrative educational practices. Finally, the didactic sequence was considered viable and irrelevant, representing a significant advance in the teaching-learning process and in the students´ awareness.

Keywords: Didactic Sequence; Waste and Electronic Waste; Technological and Professional Education; Interdisciplinarity; The Spanish Language.