Conservation of soils for basic education based on the construction of teaching materials

Abstract

Studies in the area of Geography reveal that new teaching methodologies play a significant role in learning, both for students and teachers. Soil is a natural body, made up of solid, liquid and gaseous parts, made up of organic andmineral material and despite its importance, the topic is not always considered relevant for basic education, and is often presented in a superficial. Given the above, this work aimed to promote reflection on the importance of studying soils in basic education, especially in the Cerrado region, where the soil suffers degradation due to various activities, mainly agricultural. Thus, the applied methodology departed from empiricism for the formal construction of significant knowledge, which consisted of collecting soils in the field and,  subsequently,  transforming  the  material  into  a  didactic  resource,  worked  through monitored  visits  at  the  Laboratory  of  Pedology  and  Soil  Erosion-LPES,  from  the  Federal University  of  Jataí-UFJ,  as  well  as  applicability  of  thematerial  to  teachers  and  students  in schools in Jataí-GO and Perolândia-GO. As a result, it was found that the concrete articulation between soil and environmental conservation provides subsidies for soil conservation with the production  of  didactic  material  and  different  approach  methods.  Therefore,  through  this activity,  it  was  possible  to  empirically  contextualize  soil  conservation  and  conclude  that different methodologies are important tools in the teaching-learning process, in basic education, in the discipline of Geography.