TEACHING KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZED BY BIOLOGY TEACHERS IN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: A STUDY IN THE CONTEXT OF ELECTIVE DISCIPLINES OF THE NEW EDUCATION
Biology Teaching; Teaching Knowledge; Environmental Education; New High School.
This study is part of the context of the New High School, where the possibility of elective subjects and training itineraries allows us to observe a diversity of teaching knowledge mobilized by biology teachers when working with Environmental Education. Therefore, the research seeks to answer: “How is teaching knowledge manifested and articulated in pedagogical practices with Environmental Education developed by biology teachers in elective subjects in the context of the New High School?”. In view of this question, our general objective is: “to analyze the teaching knowledge mobilized by biology teachers in pedagogical practices with Environmental Education in elective subjects of the New High School.” With this general objective in mind, four specific objectives were established, which are: to analyze how the elective subjects that address Environmental Education are structured; to identify the conceptions of the participating teachers about Environmental Education based on formative knowledge and teaching experiences; to analyze the integration of formative, curricular and experiential knowledge in pedagogical practices with Environmental Education in elective subjects; and categorize the teaching knowledge mobilized by teachers in pedagogical practices with Environmental Education. The research is qualitative in nature, descriptive and exploratory in nature, and has data collection instruments, such as documentary analysis, semi-structured interviews and non-participant observation. The research field is two schools in the state education network that offer elective courses that address Environmental Education with high school students. In this context, we have two participating teachers who teach these courses entitled “Environmental Education: concepts and practices”; and “Environmental Chat”. The content analysis will be carried out based on Bardin (2011) from the data collection instruments and following the steps that consist of: reading the collected material; exploration of the material; analysis and treatment of the collected material.