Prática interdisciplinar sobre alimentação utilizando a metodologia de Rotação por Estações na educação infantil

Abstract

Nowadays, the digital age affects all the young people, the way they act and see the world, socialize and learn. Schools are stuck in the traditional teaching method, without access to technology or any other instrument or methodology, they need a paradigm shift, including in their teaching groundbreaking interdisciplinary teaching techniques that improves kid’s learning in a very significant way. The main objective of the present article is to evaluate an interdisciplinary teaching practice using Station Rotation technique to develop healthy eating habits, including Portuguese, English and Science. An activity plan was developed and applied to kindergarten students of a private School in the city of Sao Gabriel, RS. It’s about a research-action with participant observation and data analysis of documents written by the teacher and the school coordinator. The analysis shows the benefits of an interdisciplinary activity, such as the participation and curiosity of the students. Working pedagogical contents in an interdisciplinary way provides the kids resources which develop teaching-learning in an independent approach, besides improving the interaction as well as improving group interaction and classroom dynamics. The use of the Station Rotation technique confirmed that a learning process takes place when the student learns in a more personalized and autonomous way by valuing their skills and competences and having the teacher as a facilitator of the learning process.