Uso do Polo de Educação Ambiental da Mata Atlântica (PEAMA) do Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (Ifes) - Campus de Alegre como espaço não formal de educação por professores de Biologia

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest Environmental Education Hub (PEAMA) of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Espírito Santo (Ifes) - Campus de Alegre was established in 1992, with the purpose of developing, supporting and systematizing formal and non-formal education actions. formal. The use of non-formal spaces as a teaching strategy is indicated as a way of diversifying school practice and a means to promote learning in these environments, combined with formal education. In this sense, this work aimed to investigate the current and potential use of PEAMA, located at Ifes - Campus de Alegre as a non-formal education space, and complementary environment for the teaching of Biology. The data were obtained through direct observations, documentary analysis and interviews. Seventeen professors who teach subjects focused on Biology content were interviewed, who answered mixed questionnaires, composed of closed and open questions. For the analysis of closed questions, data were tabulated and graphs were generated, with the aid of the Microsoft Excel program. The analysis of open questions was carried out through the procedure called “categorical analysis”. The analysis of the collected data made it possible to obtain the perception of the interviewees about the use of non-formal education spaces for the teaching of Biology, indicating that the teachers recognize the PEAMA of Ifes - Campus de Alegre as a complementary environment to the teaching of the Biology area, for facilitating understanding and learning different contents