Abelhas nativas e educação ambiental: uma sequência didática interdisciplinar na formação do discente em agropecuária

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of learning about the life of native stingless bees, as a didactic resource to raise awareness of students of the High School Course in Agriculture of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas - IFAM, located in the city Coari-AM, and contribute to the conservation of native bees, through a Didactic Sequence (SD). Native bees are excellent as a teaching tool, as they attract attention, instigate teenagers' curiosity and are related to the concepts involved in environmental education. DS activities were planned following the principle of interdisciplinarity. Questionnaires were applied with open questions to verify the students' prior knowledge about native bees. The results were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. To verify the differences in student performance before and after the application of SDs, the non-parametric Wilcoxon test (p value = 1%) was used, since the samples are paired. All statistical analyzes were performed using the REALSTATISTICS statistical package. The following Didactic Sequences were applied with the themes: Knowing the theme Native bees and Environmental Education, workshops with bees, ecological trail and the photography contest. The application of SDs assessed the effectiveness and challenges of this type of learning. After applying the learning instrument in a didactic sequence format, it substantially increased the way students understand and understand environmental education and conservation of native stingless bees, in the interdisciplinary training process of students from the technical course in Agriculture at IFAM Coari campus.