Instrumento para práticas interdisciplinares: recuperação da Mata Atlântica em área degradada de nascentes no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia – IFS (Campus São Cristóvão)

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate how the implementation of the project - Recovery of Atlantic Forest in Degraded Areas of Headwaters - can assist in the development of activities applied to education, to promote the construction of knowledge in an interdisciplinary perspective. Moreover, developing the project together with students, follow up on the teaching activities through design methodology as a teaching resource in the formative processes of the technical course in agriculture and to analyze the use of this approach as a tool for greater integration between different disciplines, studies that address environmental issues. The methodology was qualitative, from the perspective of participatory research. Were gathered fifteen students in agricultural education, divided into two groups: Group 1 - students living in urban areas, and 2 group - students residing in rural areas. Interviews were held at the end of the study to evaluate the knowledge acquired on the themes: education, environmental degradation and restoration. Were also heard teachers from different disciplines of the course curriculum, which were positioned on their perceptions about environmental issues and the possibilities of interdisciplinary teaching practices. The study area is located in the village Quissamã, owns approximately 05 hectares, an area that was explored with the removal of minerals, and that requires human intervention so that it starts the process of restoring the same.