Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: JOSIANE ARAÚJO OLIVEIRA BATISTA

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, TERRITORIALITIES AND THE TEACHING OF SCIENCES NATURE: A STUDY ON RUBBER TREES IN THE GUAPORÉ VALLEY

Science Teaching . Environmental History and Territoriality.

Regional issues and dialogues involving the concept of territoriality have been gaining ground not only in the
academic environment, but also in the national and international scenario. The object of this research is to study
the spatiality that covers the municipality of Seringueiras-Ro located in the Guaporé Valley from 3 concepts:
Environmental History, Territorialities and the Teaching of Natural Sciences. Thus, the purpose of this research
is to problematize, through oral and written sources, the manifestation of these themes in the region under
study. Aiming to direct views to understand the historical paths taken to legitimize these concepts over the
years. The research problem revolves around the considerations about the Teaching of Natural Sciences in
schools. The research sought new perspectives directed to the field of Environmental History, as well as
possible dialogues between this field and the teaching of natural sciences. Thus, it was used as an instrument
for data collection, observation, questionnaires and interviews, as well as discussion among scholars: Minayo
(2001); Leef (2010); Drummond (1991); Worster (1991); Padua (2012) among others. The technical and
methodological procedures adopted are intended to approach the concept of territory in its broadest sense, in a
way that makes it possible to map the different mechanisms that deal with the theme. The research participants
were teachers from two state schools in the municipality of Seringueiras-RO, and collaborators, these being
migrants and farmers who arrived in this region between the 1970s and 1980s. The collection of information
took place in three distinct stages: At first, a documental study of the Pedagogical Project-PPP of the schools
was carried out, then interviews with a teacher who teaches the discipline of science/biology of each school,
this stage aimed to understand and question the approximations and distances of teaching Natural Sciences in
schools in this municipality. In this way, the research takes as a corpus for analysis the narratives of 8 migrants
and farmers in the region, in this process interviews were carried out through questionnaires. As a way of
launching possible looks that walk towards the production of knowledge about the configuration of the region,
an analysis of the documentary Nas Cinzas da Floresta was made, which brings important information about
this spatiality, and is inserted as a theoretical-methodological contribution to the production knowledge about
the region. In this scenario, the analysis of the results focused mainly on the contradictions presented from the
collection of information. Thus, it became possible to understand the different processes that contribute to the
formation of the region, as well as the possible implications of this process in the light of Environmental
History, with the objective of understanding from a documentary research the approximations and distances
between theory and the practice. Regarding the relevance of the research, we can highlight that it can open
possible ways for teachers to reflect on the manifestation of the concepts discussed about the region, as well as
stimulate the production of critical thinking with a view to solving possible problems related to the
environmental theme, mainly in the city of Seringueiras-RO.