Banca de DEFESA: CARMEM SARA PINHEIRO DE OLIVEIRA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CARMEM SARA PINHEIRO DE OLIVEIRA
DATE: 29/09/2023
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Web conferência pelo googlemeet
TITLE:

EUTROPHICATION ON SEMI-ARID WATER BODIES IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: perspectives of education for sustainability

KEY WORDS:

Cyanobacteria; Science teaching; Water resources; Sustainability; Sustainable Development Goals.

PAGES: 97
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Ciências Ambientais
SUMMARY:

Amid exponential population growth, water management has been largely affected. In this way, the quantity and quality of inland waters present in nature have undergone significant changes due to the anthropic pressure around these sources. Based on this, the need to sensitize different subjects is justified, mediated here by discussions with an emphasis on water sources (with regard to water consumption) and in connection with educating for sustainability (as an integrative practice capable of transforming environmental knowledge). In this sense, the general objective of the thesis was to verify the quality of water in water bodies in the tropical semi-arid region of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, correlating it with the emerging needs of the society-environment problem, favoring the construction of knowledge about water through education for sustainability, at the same time seeking the understanding of teachers about the objective of sustainable development 6 (drinking water and sanitation) and its articulation with sustainability, aiming at a critical reflection on environmental citizenship in science teaching practices. In the methodological path, quali-quantitative approaches, conceptual and reflective analysis were adopted, in addition to exploratory and descriptive study. The first chapter had as its main objective to evaluate the density of cyanobacteria and the indices that infer water quality in the Piancó-Piranhas-Açu Hydrographic Basin, as well as to identify the factors with the greatest influence on the occurrence of flowering of these aquatic organisms. The density of potentially toxic cyanobacteria (DC) was high, surpassing CONAMA Resolution 357/2005, which recommends a maximum value of 50,000 cells/mL, as well as Ministry of Health Ordinance 2914/2011, which indicates 20,000 cells/mL as a limit value. Chapter 2 aimed to present discussions about the role of Education for Sustainability (ES) as an instrument in the development and construction of knowledge in society, through democratic management in the use and management of water. Education for Sustainability is an important tool that goes beyond the traditional educational models employed, helping in the subject's training process and in terms of understanding human needs in the face of the problem of sustainable use of water resources. In this way, moral and ethical values articulated to educational actions in the perspective of Sustainability, in a continuous way, for different groups of society, are essential to guarantee the sustainable maintenance of the environment. The third chapter aimed to investigate how the articulation between educating for sustainability and the objective of sustainable development 6 (drinking water and sanitation) in science teaching has been worked on in schools in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. When asked about the ease of working with the theme of water, an important theme of the SDGs, some teachers indicated difficulties, these data correlate with part of the target audience of the research stating that they do not understand the SDGs satisfactorily, with regard to educating for sustainability, the responses of the participants showed a negative correlation, demonstrating that there is a greater need to insert effective methods of sustainable thoughts so that they can be disseminated in a didactic way. Conclusively, this research points out that it is extremely important to invest in education for sustainability, since it prioritizes the integration of all knowledge from an interdisciplinary perspective, articulating social needs, meeting the complexity of environmental sustainability and the issues that permeate the theme of water.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - SIMONE CECILIA PAOLI RUIZ
Externa à Instituição - ALINE DE SOUZA AMORIM
Externo à Instituição - ALLISON FERREIRA DE LIMA - IFMT
Interna - 1279472 - ELIANE MARINHO SORIANO
Presidente - 2200167 - MAGNOLIA FERNANDES FLORENCIO DE ARAUJO