A trilha interpretativa utilizada como recurso pedagógico: formação e informação no ensino básico.

Abstract

Over the years, the search for new pedagogical and methodological resources that can be applied to the teaching-learning process has intensified. Practical activities on interpretative trails can be a way of assisting in the didactic activities developed by education professionals. In this context, the study sought to understand the importance of the interpretive trails as a possible didactic resource focused on all subjects that make up basic education. The research participants were eight teachers located in three public institutions in the municipality of Areia, Paraíba (Northeast Brazil) and one student of the geography course. The study took place in two stages, first in the classroom to contextualize the theme and the second moment in the interpretative trail located at Mata do Pau Ferro State Park. Descriptive and participant analyzes were performed based on a qualitative approach since the information collected and tabulated were given through structured questionnaires, observations and conversations. It was noted that teachers have not yet appropriated the space suggested for incorporation of the resource, but were interested in adhering to it both for environmental education purposes and to put into practice the contents explained in their classes, even though they do not act in areas of environmental science. For this it is necessary to link more intensively between the higher education institutions - basic education - community, the latter for acting as a promising agent of local knowledge, because the people present in the areas surrounding the protected area where the suggested trail is present participate effectively from its management.