Educação ambiental como ferramenta de sensibilização de alunos para a importância de anuros na qualidade ambiental.

Abstract

This research initially sought to investigate students' knowledge about anuran amphibians (toads, frogs and tree frogs), with the objective of verifying the contributions of an Environmental Education (EE) strategy to sensitize students in the 1st year of technical high school in Environment Environment, carried out with a class of 40 students from the Federal Institute of Amapá campus Laranjal do Jari, on the importance of anurans for environmental balance. The research presented a qualitative and quantitative approach, with the questionnaire as the main resource for collecting data in printed form. To systematize it, it was divided into four stages: the first with the application of the pre-intervention questionnaire, which made it possible to investigate the students' prior knowledge about anurans, the second an intervention with a lecture to raise awareness and encourage students' learning by clarifying the myths about anurans, importance for environmental quality and the general characteristics of animals, later a playful game called “the trail” was applied with the aim of helping the knowledge given in the lecture in a dynamic and enjoyable way, and finally applying a second questionnaire based on the first with closed questions to check whether there was a change in students' perception after the educational intervention carried out. The results showed that of 45% (n=18) of students who were afraid of animals in their previous perception, 15 changed their perception after the intervention. Of the 70% (n=28) students who said they believed in the myths about these animals, there was a decrease to 2.5% (n=1), noting a change in the conception of 27 students who started not to believe in the myths. When asked in the previous questionnaire about their reaction to seeing a frog, 5% said they would kill, while after the lecture 100% of the students said it was not correct to kill these animals, demonstrating a change in conception. The intervention with the lecture contributed to expanding and reinforcing the students' knowledge and learning about anurans, and raising awareness of the importance of these animals and demystifying beliefs about them. The playful game “the trail” contributed to reinforcing the learning of the content discussed. However, it is necessary to value students' prior knowledge and use strategies to reinforce and improve this knowledge with concise information.