Química ambiental e compostagem: compostagem orgânica como instrumento para a educação ambiental no ensino médio

Abstract

The present work approaches Environmental Chemistry and organic composting as an interdisciplinary tool to promote Environmental Education in schools. It was based on approaching an interdisciplinary proposal for the inclusion of Environmental Education, in a practical and problematizing way through issues related to the students' daily lives, in order to sensitize them to the environmental problems we are currently experiencing. These problems arise from the disposal of organic solid waste in inappropriate places, and warning them about what this improper disposal can cause to the environment and how harmful this can be to human health. The research was carried out through a quantitative and qualitative approach with results obtained through the application of questionnaires, the nature of the research was based on applied research, since the proposal was to gather information for the elaboration of specific results, regarding the procedure of the research, action research was used, which involves both the researcher and the researched in the development of the objective of the analysis, in this case the locus of the research, for the action research to proceed, it started from the collection of ideas through documents, scientific works, literary works and monograph in order to articulate the means in which the research will take place. With the application of the proposed methodology, there was an increase in the students' performance in terms of the potential for understanding the specific content applied, as well as the ability to relate new information with others already present in their cognitive structure. The result of this work presents a positive growth, emphasizing the need to make the methodology a constant within the teaching in order to achieve more expressive results.