ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE OF CHEMISTRY TEACHERS
TEACHING LEARNING, INTERDISCIPLINARITY; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; PANDEMIC, HIGH SCHOOL
Confrontingenvironmentalissuespermeatestheunderstandingofphysical, biologicalandchemicalphenomena. The teachingofChemistryassociatedwithsustainable socio-environmentaldevelopment, in aninterdisciplinaryscenario, isoneofthe tools for thecomprehensiveunderstandingofbiologicalandphysical social phenomena. In thissense, theproblemofthisresearchseekstoanswerhowisthepedagogicalpracticeregardingthe approach of Environmental Education in ChemistryTeaching? In this perspective, it aimstoidentifythepedagogicalpracticesof high schoolteachers in thedevelopmentof Environmental Education in ChemistryTeaching. Throughqualitativeandexploratoryresearch. The data werecollectedusingtechnologicalsupports, such as thecellphone, withthecreationofthe “dissertationresearchgroupwiththeparticipants”, in thisgrouptherewereand continue theconversations, exchangeofideas, interestingtextposting, involvingchemistryandenvironmentaleducation. The participants are teachersresiding in Rondônia and Mato Grosso. Preliminary data indicatedthattheparticipatingteachershave a perceptionoftherelationshipbetweenhumanrightsandtheenvironment, citingpossibilities for developingactivitiesthatwould make this connection between EE andtheteachingofchemistry, such as: productionofhomemadesoap (saponification); composting (biodigester, formationofmethanegas); separationofwaste for recycling; contaminationoftheenvironmentbychemicals. However, thepandemicgeneratedand still generates a challenge for everyone (teachers, students, parentsandsociety in general), tosurvive in the face ofmisinformationanddenialofscientificknowledge, withvariousdifficulties (accesstothe internet, didacticmaterials, individuality) thatdirectlyimpacttheteaching-learningprocess, generating in a short time theurgencytoreinvent, tomeetthecriticaleducationaldemandthatprovidesopportunities for citizen training. At theendoftheresearch, it isexpectedthat it canprovideopportunities for reflectionsandactionsthat help in thedidacticprocess, togetherwiththeparticipatingteachers, providinganopportunityto problematize aboutthe reality in whichthey are inserted in a critical-reflexiveway, relatedtoenvironmentalproblemsexperiencedbycontemporarysociety.