A obra "Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada" e seu potencial para um ensino de ciências da natureza antirracista

Abstract

The literary work "Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada" (2020), by Carolina Maria de Jesus, was chosen as the guiding principle for this study, based on the understanding that its relationships of meaning, from an inter/transdisciplinary perspective, can favor contextualized and anti-racist approaches in the teaching of Natural Sciences. This study sought to answer the following question: what are the possible contributions of the work "Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada" by Carolina Maria de Jesus to an anti-racist teaching of Natural Sciences? Its general objective was to investigate the possible contributions of the work "Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada" to an anti-racist teaching of Natural Sciences with students in the first years of elementary school. The research methodology was qualitative, based on action research and the analysis of image information, since it used the application of a didactic sequence entitled "Environmental Education Awareness Week" with children in the first year of elementary school. The application of the didactic sequence involved dialogic classes based on the literary work "Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada" (Room of Discard: Diary of a Slum Dweller), relating themes on Environmental Education, as well as field classes, workshops on the production of games, toys, and the representation of a slum using recyclable materials, as well as the presentation of the children in the network project developed by the Municipal Department of Education (SEMEDE) of the municipality of Palmeira dos Índios AL. In addition to the culmination of the project with the presence of the children, parents and/or guardians, school administration, coordinators, and the entire academic community, with the aim of sharing the productions created by the students participating in this research, the results of which were the children's drawings, allowed for the establishment of three (03) categories of analysis: A) The past; B) The future; C) The present. As a result of my research, I support the thesis that the literary work "Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada" (Room of Discard: Diary of a Slum Dweller) can be used to mobilize themes related to the teaching of Natural Sciences, as a potential catalyst for debate on environmental and anti-racist awareness.