Banca de DEFESA: SAMELA CRISTINA DA SILVA BONFIM

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : SAMELA CRISTINA DA SILVA BONFIM
DATE: 30/11/2021
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Plataforma Google Meet
TITLE:

BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM, THE RIVER AND THE CYBERSPACE: TECHNOLOGIES AS EDUCATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RESOURCES IN THE AMAZON

KEY WORDS:

Technologies. Environmental education. Environment. Amazon.

PAGES: 165
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

 

This research focuses on the insertion of technologies in environmental education actions promoted by the Citizen Science Project for the Amazon, in partnership with the "Wildlife Conservation Society", in the Solimões village and in the Aracampina community in Santarém-Pará, with an emphasis on understanding the formative roles played by these resources in the monitoring of fisheries and water quality. In this sense, it analyzes the activities involving the uses of the mobile application Ictio in the observation of fish migration and the Foldscope, a paper microscope for microbiological analysis of water. In Santarém, the resources were used by students from Escola São Sebastião and Escola Nossa Senhora das Graças, located in the Aracampina and Aldeia Solimões communities, respectively. Thus, it observes the participation of students in educational practices linked to the project inside and outside the classroom, describing the training actions supported by technologies with regard to environmental education, identifying the meanings, limits and possibilities of experiences involving fishing monitoring for participants' lives. In this process, the impact of the Citizen Science Project for the Amazon is analyzed, taking into account its objectives and contributions to the communities served. In terms of methodology, it is characterized as a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, adopting the semi-structured interview as the main strategy for data collection and construction, with the participation of a total of 13 (thirteen) students from communities that received the project. As a result, he observed that students were able to identify different aspects of environmental education, technologies and interfaces between them. For the interviewees, the Ictio and Foldscope technologies acquired meanings as a sociability tool, a means to carry out research and search for information, in addition to being an allied resource in environmental conservation actions. Based on their experiences, the interviewed subjects also pointed out some of the limitations related to the presence of technologies in the community and, particularly, in their school, such as infrastructure restrictions, difficulty in accessing the internet, lack of activities that integrate technologies into the processes of learning. Regarding environmental education, the strengthening of awareness regarding the need for a broad and permanent defense of the ecosystem among the majority of students, residents of the surveyed communities, stood out. In the interviews, the protection of the forest was indicated as an essential principle for the promotion of ways of life based on respect and care for biodiversity. Despite the technical restrictions of schools, students recognize the importance of learning supported by ictio and foldscope technologies, especially with regard to understanding the process of spawning and fish migration. Likewise, the students associated the Citizen Science Project for the Amazon to the promotion of actions related to the environment and sustainability in schools, such as participatory data collection involving the region's inhabitants. Finally, it is considered that this integration between members of the same community gives rise to forms of engagement in defense of the ecosystem, as well as the sharing and collective construction of knowledge through the practical experience of science and research inside and outside the classroom.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2383992 - GILSON CRUZ JUNIOR
Interno - 1432784 - JOSE RICARDO E SOUZA MAFRA
Externa ao Programa - 1835056 - ANTONIA DO SOCORRO PENA DA GAMA