Material didático de geografia e educação ambiental: análise de Apostilas do Ensino Fundamental do Sistema Estruturado de Mato Grosso

Abstract

Environmental Education arises in a context of demand for a change of paradigms about the preservation of the environment, inserting itself as a Transversal Theme in the Brazilian school curriculum, with Geography being one of the disciplines of basic education that presents themes associated with the environment. With this, resources for teaching Geography, especially books and didactic handouts, begin to address these contents, including the objective of forming environmental awareness in students. Thus, the need arises to analyze the contents inserted in the didactic materials, to understand the dimension that these contents have been visualized. In 2021, the state of Mato Grosso implemented a Structured System, encouraging only its use in the classroom, making this material the main resource for teachers. Thus, the present work aims to analyze the environmental contents of the textbook for the 6th year of Elementary School of the Structured System implemented by the state of Mato Grosso. For this, bibliographical research was carried out, seeking to understand the relationship between Environmental Education and the Teaching of Geography and to understand the process of implementation of the teaching system comparing it with the National Policy of the Textbook. Then, the 6th year Geography textbook was selected for this environmental content, such as climate change and water resources, and, finally, an analysis was carried out based on Pontuschka et.al (2009), Ribeiro (2008) and Bardin (1977). The work is guaranteed in two chapters. First, we initially sought to present a dialogue about Geography as a school subject and its relationship with Environmental Education. The second chapter discusses how the implementation process of the Structured Teaching System in the State of Mato Grosso took place. In this way, this work can serve as a referral for other research, since it is a current topic and little debated in the academic community.