Arte como instrumento de educação ambiental nos anos finais do ensino fundamental: uma sequência didática com enfoque em resíduos sólidos urbanos

Abstract

The relationship between the Arts curriculum component and environmental education has great potential to promote critical and reflective training in students. This raises the question: what is the role of art teaching as an instrument of environmental education for students in the final years of elementary school? In order to answer the guiding question, the general objective of the research was to evaluate the contributions of using active methodologies during art lessons as a way of encouraging the development and learning of themes linked to environmental education. The specific objectives are to find out about the environmental perception of students in the final years of elementary school on the subject of solid waste; to assess the contributions of art as an instrument for the critical environmental education of students; to build a didactic sequence to work on the proposed theme, within the subject of art, using active learning methodologies; to analyze the results of the implementation of the proposed didactic sequence; to prepare a technical educational product that contributes to the teaching and learning process involving art and environmental education. The qualitative research was approved by the ethics committee and was based on the application of a didactic sequence and the analysis of questionnaires for 6th grade students. Data analysis revealed that the didactic strategies adopted in the pedagogical action aroused students' interest, stimulated participation and contributed to the development of a broader view of environmental education, the arts and the environment in which the students live. Finally, it is shown that this is a didactic sequence that can be applied in different contexts, as long as it is adapted by the teacher to the students' reality.