AMAZONIAN ETHNOBIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AS A DIDACTIC TOOL FOR A MEANINGFUL LEARNING OF ROCKS AND SOILS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.813312301011

• Palavras-chave: Ethnobiology; Following teaching; Amazon Context; Previous knowledge.

• Keywords: Ethnobiology; Following teaching; Amazon Context; Previous knowledge.

• Abstract:

  This article reports the results of using Amazonian ethnobiological knowledge as a didactic tool for meaningful learning about As Rochas e o Solo in an Elementary School in Tabatinga – Amazonas/Brazil. Our objective was to build and develop a teaching methodology that considers the students' prior knowledge, in order to work with content that has meaning and functionality in their lives and that encourages them to be protagonists of their own knowledge. The methodology used was action research and as a tool we used the didactic sequence. The results indicated that the use of didactic instruments that value the ecological, cultural and social richness of the Amazon, through the use of endogenous ethnobiological knowledge, that present an affective and symbolic representation for the students, are capable of promoting a meaningful learning of Science.