Distance Learning and continuing education: an analysis of the Improvement Course in Environmental Education in the city of Moju-PA

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i11.32642

Keywords:

Distance learning; Continuing education of teachers; Environmental education.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discuss the Distance Education teaching modality as a tool for the democratization and access to continuing education courses on the environmental aspect aimed at professionals in the Education area of the Municipal Department of Education of Moju-Pará. The methodology used in the research was in the form of a field study, through the quantitative-qualitative approach based on interdisciplinarity and the definition of a single municipality for analysis that consolidates the case study method. As the main instrument for the constitution of the data, a semi-structured interview was used with the course participants who had graduated from the Improvement Course in Environmental Education, as well as simple observation and document analysis as accessory procedures. The results of the discussion and the analysis of the data showed that this training process, carried out in the Distance Education teaching modality, met the needs and expectations of the course participants since the majority indicated this teaching modality as the only possibility for carrying out processes of continuing education. Furthermore, the research subjects highlighted the autonomy and flexibility of schedules as the main advantages for courses carried out in this teaching format, even though they have also signaled obstacles such as poor internet quality and the need for greater interaction with teachers and classmates.

Author Biographies

João Manoel da Silva Malheiro , Universidade Federal do Pará

CNPq Level 2 Research Productivity Scholarship. Graduated in Full Licentiate in Biological Sciences (UFPA, 1989), Specialization in Science Teaching (UEPA), Master in Science and Mathematics Education (UFPA), Doctorate in Science Education (UNESP), Post-Doctorate in Sciences of Education (University of Porto) and Post-Doctorate in Science Education (UNESP). Postdoctoral fellow at the Postgraduate Program in Educational and Technological Scientific Training at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (August/2021 to July/2022). He is currently Associate Professor III at the Federal University of Pará. Professor at the Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education (IEMCI/PPGECM) and at the Faculty of Pedagogy (Campus Castanhal). Coordinator of the Study, Research and Extension Group Training of Science Teachers. Coordinator of the Science Club Prof. Dr. Cristovam W. P. Diniz. Line of research: Training of Science Teachers and Active Methodologies for Science Teaching and Learning. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2495-7806.

Marilena Loureiro da Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará

Post-Doctorate in Environmental Education and Climate Justice. GPEA/PPGE/UFMT (2019 - 2020). Doctorate in Sustainable Development in the Humid Tropic - by the Center for Higher Amazon Studies. NAEA (2005). Master in Development Planning by NAEA - UFPA (2000). Graduated in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Pará (1992). She is Associate Professor I at the Center for Advanced Amazonian Studies. NAEA - UFPA, where she coordinates and is Lead Researcher of the Research and Studies Group in Education, Culture and Environment - GEAM. She is a professor at the Graduate Program in Sustainable Development in the Humid Tropic. PPGDSTU.NAEA/UFPA, and the Graduate Program in the National Network for the Teaching of Environmental Sciences - PROFCIAMB.UFPA. It is a member of the International Research Network on Environmental Education and Climate Justice. REACT. It is a member of the International Research Network on Climate Resilient Development-RIPEDRC. He is the representative of the NAEA in the Interinstitutional Commission for Environmental Education in the state of Pará. CIEA.PA. She was the Coordinator of the Lato Sensu Postgraduate Program. PPLS.NAEA.UFPA. She was the Institutional Coordinator of the Management Committee for the Initial and Continuing Education of Basic Education Teachers in the State of Pará. She was Institutional Coordinator of the Teaching Initiation Program/PIBID/UFPA between 2010 and 2018. Institutional Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Teacher Training Program at UFPA/LIFE/CAPES, from 2012 to 2014. She works in the area of ​​Education, Environmental Education, Climate Emergencies and Environmental Justice, Education Management and Planning, Regional Education and Sustainability, Planning and Management for Sustainability. She was Director of Educational Projects at the Dean of Graduation Teaching/PROEG/UFPA from August 2009 to February 2014.

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Published

17/08/2022

How to Cite

COSTA, D. D. S. da .; MALHEIRO , J. M. da S. .; SILVA, M. L. da . Distance Learning and continuing education: an analysis of the Improvement Course in Environmental Education in the city of Moju-PA. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 11, p. e110111132642, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i11.32642. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/32642. Acesso em: 25 dec. 2024.

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Teaching and Education Sciences