CONTINUING TRAINING OF GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS IN IPOJUCA-PE: COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Abstract

The initiative titled "Continuing Education for Geography Teachers in the Municipality of Ipojuca, PE" fostered an exchange between the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)—represented by the Eco Mangue Socio-environmental Collective—and geography teachers from municipal schools in Ipojuca. The teachers received training on the importance of the mangrove ecosystem, enabling them to better understand the challenges of providing climate literacy regarding climate change and its consequences to their students. Topics addressed included geography teaching practices, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the importance of the mangrove ecosystem, climate change, environmental racism, and audiovisual resources. Interactive activities were also employed, such as word searches, crossword puzzles, brainstorming sessions, photography, short films, and a "web of relationships" exercise—linking various thematic areas of geography to the mangrove ecosystem—to illustrate how to teach about the negative effects of climate change. Climate change drives consequences such as sea-level rise, prolonged droughts, air temperature fluctuations, increased frequency and intensity of rainfall, and changes in ocean currents. Ultimately, the exchange of knowledge and experiences regarding climate change and mangroves was fundamental to developing teaching methodologies tailored to this perspective, subsequently resulting in learning mechanisms aligned with the students' realities.