Potencialidades educativas do Parque Zoobotânico Arruda Câmara para o ensino de ciências em visita guiada: um roteiro para atender estudantes do sétimo ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The educational processes have undergone several transformations over the decades, assuming important aspects for the formation of reflective and critical citizens. Thus, the different educational spaces (formal, non-formal or informal) have potential meaning in the production of knowledge and in the formation of subjects with social responsibility. For the teaching of Sciences, the alignment between the contents and the knowledge mobilized in the non-formal spaces is fundamental for the production of knowledge based on Scientific Literacy. Zoos represent, in this context, a space of great potential for the teaching of Sciences that manages to go beyond the disciplinary content - which justifies the choice of location to execute this proposal - The Zoo and botanical Park Arruda Câmara in João Pessoa, Paraíba. The objective was to understand the educational potential of the place to teach Science for students of the seventh grade class of middle school from guided tours inside the Park. The study has a qualitative character and the methodological strategy was ethnographic research. Data were obtained through participant observation, interviews and documentary research. The target audience involved employees and interns of the Park, in addition to seventh grade students, to whom was intended the pedagogical product resulting from the study, a "guided tour itinerary". The activities involved studies, research on the educational potential of the Park in the area of Sciences; on the theoretical demands for middle school and elaboration of itineraries for guided tours. The main results were the lack of planning, the insertion of the flora in the discussed contents, active participation of students and the difficulty of concentration of the class during the visit, which was allied to the lack of support from the teachers. The study expanded the educational strategies adopted in the Park to serve students of middle schools, based on active methodologies and meaningful learning, bringing what the critical environmental education seeks in the construction of ecological subjects from the potential of the place.