The Research-Action on the continued formation in Environmental Education for Math teachers

ABSTRACT

This paper, part of a doctoral research, presents and analyses the implications of a continued formation in environmental and math education based on the assumptions of a “Research-Action” qualitative research. The formation performed involved eight math teachers from final grades of state and municipal elementary schools of São Sebastião do Caí, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The procedures used in this formation followed the steps of planning, action, observation and reflection for decision making. This paper is mainly grounded on the ideas of Carvalho (2001), Jacobi (2005), Sorrentino (2001), Castro (2001), Penteado (2010), Behrens (1996), Thiollent (1985, 1998). According to the collected data, we notice that the formation developed gave theoretical-practical subsidies for teachers to perform classroom activities promoting the development of environmental awareness within the ones involved in the educational process. And also, throughout the development of the environmental-themed activities in class, the teachers were able to contextualize math, approaching it to the local students’ reality.

Keywords:
Continued Formation; Research action; Environmental education