Educação ambiental: percepção dos estudantes sobre a importância do ensino dessa temática na educação básica

Abstract

Environmental education is composed of educational actions that will contribute to the formation of environmentally conscious citizens. This theme arose in accordance with the needs for changes in human attitudes towards the environment, arising from the intense anthropic degradation. The present work aimed to identify and analyze the perceptions of high school students, in the municipality of Uruçuí - PI, about the teaching of environmental education, evaluating their different perceptions about this theme. Faced with the problem of little approach to this theme in the school environment, the need arose to raise reflections that contribute to the changes in the changes in humanity's attitudes towards nature. The work was developed through the application of questionnaires to students in the municipality of Uruçuí - PI, 75% from the federal network and 25% from the state network, totaling 75 participants. When asked if the issue of Environmental Education was indispensable in the life of each citizen, only 62% said yes, while 32% answered no, a worrying number, since it is a cross-cutting and indispensable issue. It was noted that, even among students whose content is approached in the classroom in a clear and sufficient manner, there is still a lack of actions to fix the true message transmitted, such as practical classes that had a low rate, since 85% of those involved in survey, responded that they do not use practical classes. In general, the environmental perception of the students surveyed is satisfactory, thus demonstrating that the Environmental Education practiced in the school community of Uruçuí - PI is sufficient