APRENDIZAGEM POR PROJETOS COMO ESTRATÉGIA PEDAGÓGICA PARA O ENSINO RELIGIOSO EM UMA ESCOLA PÚBLICA EM FORTALEZA-CE

Abstract

The research proposes the application of the project-based learning methodology in Religious Education, considering it as a creative and plausible pedagogical strategy for the development of classes in this curricular component. It is asked about the contributions of this methodology to Religious Education, based on a study based on bibliographic, documentary, exploratory research and participant observation, in a public school in the Municipality of Fortaleza-CE. Project-based learning emerges as a theoretical framework and as a pedagogical path. In its chapters, the importance and place of the teaching practice of Religious Education is highlighted, considering the challenges that surround it and the Sciences of Religions as a reference area for this curricular component. Then, the historical and conceptual aspects around the concept of project-based learning are discussed, addressing its focus and potential without losing, promoting approximations by competencies between this methodology and Religious Education. Finally, the results of participant observation are discussed and proposals are presented to overcome the current teaching model from the elaboration of teaching plans for Religious Education classes based on the project-based learning methodology. It is concluded that the articulation of the methodology in question from Religious Education surpasses the traditional model of Brazilian teaching and emerges as an important pedagogical strategy. The research contributes, in this way, with a practical proposal capable of transforming the student experience into applicable knowledge from the curricular component of Religious Education.