The Interdisciplinary Practice of High School Teachers of Nature Sciences: Focusing on the Environment in full-time School

Abstract

This research project had the objective of analyzing the interdisciplinary pedagogical practice of the professors of Higher Education Nature Sciences. The interdiscipli-nary practice in the school environment has been consid-ered primordial in the process of teaching and learning, for enabling it to occur in an innovative, integrative, participative and dynamic way. Considering that Envi-ronmental Education is related to the preservation of the environment and sustainable development, the locus of the research was the School of Integral Engineer and Professor Sérgio Alfredo Pes-soaFigueiredo in the city of Manaus, for being located in the vicinity of the Ducke Reserve, one of the most important research centers of the National Research Institute of Ama-zonia (INPA), given the existence of a great diversity of species of fauna and flora of the Amazon. The study was developed from the descriptive, exploratory bibliographical research with a qualitative and quantitative approach through the case study, a visit to the MUSA (Museum of the Amazon) with students and teachers, where it was possible to observe curricular activities developed by the professors of Sci-ences of the Nature of the High School. Questionnaires were applied to 181 students, 13 teachers and the school manager, where it was possible to identify pedagogical practices aimed at the preservation of the environment.