Uso do coco verde reciclado em atividades no ensino médio técnico profissionalizante

Abstract

The state of Ceará stands out for having a large agricultural production of coconut fruit, generating a high amount of waste. The recycling of this waste began to collaborate as a support tool in the teaching of a technical Environmental course at a State School of Professional Education located in the municipality of Maranguape-Ceará, Thus, the following question arose: how could the application of this environmental residue in practical activities contribute to teaching curricular content, motivating learning and raising environmental awareness among students in a technical high school course? The objectives were: a) to understand the Pedagogical Political Project and the curricular matrix of this EEEP; b) promote interdisciplinarity in secondary vocational education; c) investigate possible changes in public perception (students and teachers); and d) create and develop a guide of practical activities with green coconut waste. The research was developed in the years 2014 and 2022, being of a quantitative-qualitative ethnographic type, with the target audience being teachers and students of the 3rd series of the technical Environmental course. Two questionnaires were applied: one for teachers and another for students, applied pre- and post-diagnosis, before and after actions and classes with the experimental practices of the Practice Guide. The student profile is made up of students aged 16 to 19, with a predominance of women. In general, they are aware that they can effectively contribute to the preservation and conservation of the environment, but regarding the course and the school, they consider them to have significant participation, not everyone thought they had carried out any activity or training in Environmental Education, although they had in fact done so; but between 60 and 93% felt that the activities changed their way of thinking and acting. It is noticeable that the COVID 19 pandemic affected teaching in this technical course, leaving a gap in knowledge and pessimism in environmental awareness. It is considered that the use of green coconut residue stimulated learning, interdisciplinarity and integration.