Aquaponia: uma ferramenta didática de ensino no IFPA-Santarém, Brasil

Abstract

Aquaponics has gained prominence as an important sustainable agrifood technology, this system incorporates both the production of plants and fish in a symbiotic relationship between these two components and the microorganisms present in the environment where the residual nutrients from fish farming are modified by bacteria into substances that can be absorbed by plants favoring their development. Thus, the use of aquaponics during classes incorporates knowledge of a variety of subjects from biology, physics, mathematics, agriculture, sanitation, engineering, technology and nutrition. This work aims to understand how the use of a sustainable aquaponics system can contribute as a teaching tool in the teaching practices of teachers at IFPA - Campus Santarém. To achieve the objectives proposed in this research, we used as methodology a semi-structured questionnaire with open and closed questions, analysis of the subjects' menus, in addition to a bibliographic review on the subject. The target audience of this research were nine professors from the IFPA-Campus Santarém who had some of their theoretical or practical activities using the aquaponics system as a teaching tool. The analysis of the data allowed us to realize that the use of aquaponics provides teachers with a more enriching teaching dynamic, capable of uniting practice and theory in an interdisciplinary way, even if it occurs in a less intense way, teachers pointed out the importance of using sustainable technologies in vocational training, highlighting the use of aquaponics as a positive ally in enriching the training of students in integrated education.