Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LUCAS DE HOLANDA TORQUATO

TEACHING GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN CONSERVATION UNITS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE MUNICIPAL NATURAL PARK OF NOVA IGUAÇU(PNMNI)

Geography Teaching, Environmental Education, Conservation Units, PNMNI

Geography teaching and environmental education are themes that are in dialogue with each other, since both work on citizen education to build critical thinking. In this sense, the research highlights these themes in conservation units, since they are places with diversity and potential for teaching, with the Municipal Natural Park of Nova Iguaçu (PNMNI) as the focus area. The main objective of this work is to analyze the potential of the PNMNI for teaching geography and environmental education in elementary school 2. In order to achieve this goal, the theoretical-conceptual deepening of the research was first carried out through the themes: Place, place in the light of Conservation Units, Educational Practices in Non-Formal Spaces, The Teaching of Geography in Conservation Units and Environmental Education in Conservation Units, based on the authors Tuan(1930), Vallejo(2009), Queiroz (2018), Guimarães(2016) and Pontuschka et al. (2009), Gohn (2006), among others. Fieldwork was then carried out in this region to observe the park's potential in loco and record photographs. The existing environmental education practices in the park will also be systematized for basic education students, investigating whether the municipal schools of Nova Iguaçu located in the PNMNI buffer zone, within a radius of 2 km, use this space for environmental education activities, and if so, how they do so, and based on the municipal curriculum proposal for Nova Iguaçu, propose activities to be carried out when they visit the PNMNI, based on the themes of Geography and Environmental Education. The development of this qualitative research will be carried out at different times. In order to achieve the objectives set, some methodological tools and the triangulation of the data provided will be used. According to Minayo et al (2005) “triangulation is not a method in itself, but a research technique that is supported by scientific methods” (MINAYO, 2005, p.71). The tools used are: a) bibliographical research from the theoretical-conceptual deepening; b) fieldwork in the PNMNI, to obtain data in an empirical way; c) mapping of the surrounding schools; d) the interview with their management team; e) the accounting and location of the schools that visited the PNMNI in the years 2019, 2022 and 2023, from the records of the Conservation Unit; f) interview with the coordinator of EE and the coordinator of public use of the Park and finally the h) realization of proposals for activities.