Pedagogical dynamics in environmental education

The problem of bees

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https://doi.org/10.23882/DI2162

Keywords:

bee, children's perceptions, environmental education, project methodology

Abstract

With this article we describe the pedagogical dynamics in a Primary School class, in which the environmental problem is related to the relevance of bees. Firstly, we accessed the students' perceptions about bees. Then, we proceeded to the implementation of the project work, properly speaking, with five interrelated activities: (1) the interview with a beekeeper; (2) the analysis of a news item; (3) the study of the biology of the bee and the Asian wasp; (4) debate and keywords (5) the collective poster in the form of "honeycombs". Finally, we access again the children's perceptions about bees, to understand the progression of these perceptions. The methodological approach is qualitative-phenomenological, based on the project methodology in the development of pedagogical dynamics. For data collection, we used children's drawings and texts written by the children and for data analysis we used Stephen Kellert's (1996) The results obtained show that there was a transformation in the way students perceive nature, of which we are also a part (Coutinho & Rocha, 2019).

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Published

2021-05-17

How to Cite

Neves, S., Gonçalves, C. D., & Rocha, R. . (2021). Pedagogical dynamics in environmental education: The problem of bees. [RMd] RevistaMultidisciplinar, 3(1), 121–136. https://doi.org/10.23882/DI2162