Exploratory analysis from a life narrative: engagement and criticism of pedagogical methodologies in an Environmental Education project in the Campos Basin (RJ, Brazil)

Abstract

This article is result of research by the Pescarte Environmental Education Project (PEA), which is an environmental mitigation measure required by federal environmental licensing, conducted by IBAMA. We describe and analyze the role of pedagogical methodologies used in non-formal education processes, in the area of Critical Environmental Education, promoted by PEA Pescarte in the Campos Basin, RJ. To this end, qualitative social research of an exploratory nature was carried out based on the establishment of in-depth dialogue and dialogue with a fisherwoman elected by the community to be a representative of artisanal fishing in the educational processes of PEA Pescarte. We collate the information about the participation of our interlocutor in the formative processes with her narratives about her life trajectory, seeking to explain and correlate the results obtained by her in the pedagogical proposal based on dialogue and critical analysis of reality, in sensitive listening, maintenance of daily mobilization and collective training as important methodologies that provide both the artisanal fishing group, especially women, and educators, a deepening of knowledge and strengthening of educational processes.