As ideias de bioma, biodiversidade, flora e fauna a partir da carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha: uma pratica interdisciplinar entre literatura, biologia, geografia e cultura na formação inicial e continuada de professores

Abstract

This paper reports an activity carried out in 2017 with students in the initial training process and teachers in continuing education who are part of the Institutional Program of Initiatives for Teaching (PIBID), Biology subproject. The aim of the activity was to understand the dialogue between literature and the teaching of science. In order to understand this dialogue, a mini-course was carried out at the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras-MG using Pero Vaz de Caminha's letter. After the development of the activity, participants were asked to discuss the dialogue between Pero Vaz de Caminha's letter and Science Teaching. Subsequently, the reports were analyzed through qualitative research, content analysis and categorization of speeches. Through the analysis one can identify important themes in the speeches of the participants involving the biological questions, pedagogical questions and cultural questions that permeate the letter. Therefore, it is possible to conclude the importance of the construction of practices and activities that act in the process of teacher training in order to promote a formation with a holistic vision about the contents that permeate the several areas of knowledge. The relevance of the letter was perceived as a way to work the various areas of knowledge in an interdisciplinary way. A transversal perspective can be identified, since the letter presents elements that characterized the indigenous culture. In addition, the document is perceived as an interesting resource, because it promotes an interpretation of nature, which we can use to approach scientific knowledge.