Os indicadores de alfabetização científica nos espaços de educação não formal: análise das ações educativas desenvolvidas nos parques ecológicos na cidade de Maceió

Abstract

This research studies the educational Actions developed in Ecological Parks in the city of Maceió, Parque Municipal and Parque do Horto, through the theoretical-methodological tool of Scientific Literacy indicators. The general objective is to investigate the applicability of the theoretical-methodological tool of scientific literacy indicators for the study and evaluation of educational Actions developed by ecological parks in the city of Maceió. The tool is composed of four indicators (Scientific, Social Interface, Institutional and InterAction) and their attributes. We used the indicators articulated with the educational Actions carried out by the ecological parks to analyze their potential for scientific literacy in non-formal education spaces. In view of this, we have the hypothesis that Ecological Parks promote and diversify educational Actions considering the different types of visiting public, for this we propose the following problem: Which educational Actions developed in ecological parks promote, through theoretical-methodological tools, literacy of the visiting public? The research is qualitative, and the approach is a case study, namely the case of the technical team of Parque Municipal and Parque do Horto in Maceió, which develop educational Actions to promote scientific literacy, for this we use content analysis, as the technique encompasses dialogues and mass communication or in a specific group. As data collection instruments, we used the interview, elaborated through a predefined script and a questionnaire with open questions, in addition to the following sources of evidence: institutional documents, photographs and physical artifacts. The results point to the presence of indicators and their attributes of scientific literacy in two educational actions called Parque nas Escolas and Projeto Planta Maceió, in which we identified the presence and absence of indicators and their attributes.The study of the theoretical-methodological tool of scientific literacy indicators applied in ecological parks in Maceió, points to the potential to scientifically literate the population, through educational Actions on environmental education with sustainability, fauna and flora education, being themes present on the national and international scene.