Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: DIONE LOPES FERREIRA

SLEEP HYGIENE AND MINDFULNESS AS OBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE IN NATURAL SCIENCE TEACHING FOR THE 3RD YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

sleep hygiene; mindfulness; school; science teaching.

Teaching about healthy life habits at school is essential for promoting individual and collective health, and for improving teaching-learning relationships. In the Covid-19 pandemic and its variants, it was observed, through the media and reports in the school community, an increase in cases of sleep disorders in adults and children, as well as anxiety problems, lack of attention and decreased stimulation. for studies with remote classes, also resulting in face-to-face return. Sleep Hygiene (HS), developed by Medicina do Sono, appears as a manual with behavioral measures that can help people of all ages to have a better quality of sleep. One of these measures is the practice of Mindfulness (PA), which in addition to helping with sleep, also helps with issues related to concentration, anxiety, mental and emotional stress. This research aims to study HS and AP as important knowledge to be addressed in the teaching of natural sciences, and to present an educational guide (educational product), containing a didactic sequence for the 3rd year of elementary school, with information for teachers and suggestions of activities that guide the survey of students' prior knowledge on the topics and verify the knowledge they can acquire after applying the guide. HS and AP are still not widely disseminated in the educational field, however, the National Common Curricular Base recognizes the importance of promoting health in the context of science teaching. In addition to this, it is assumed that children in this age group are curious and interested in learning the natural sciences and that by guiding them from an early age to take care of their health in relation to the proposed topics, they can avoid problems related to sleep deprivation, anxiety, lack of concentration and consequently improve emotional and cognitive issues.