Identificação das práticas de educação ambiental formal na rede escolar municipal e estadual do município de Cristalândia do Piauí

Abstract

Formal Environmental Education occurs within educational institutions such as schools and universities. Its purpose is to integrate knowledge about the environment across different disciplines and fields of study. These environmental education practices should be carefully planned and developed in an interdisciplinary, participatory, and creative manner, aiming to shape conscious citizens committed to sustainability. The objective of this work is to identify formal environmental education practices, within the municipal and state networks of Cristalândia do Piauí. The research process involved several steps, including literature reviews to build the theoretical framework, field research through on-site visits for direct observations, analysis of research results, and the use of a checklist. Based on the checklist used to identify potential environmental education actions, we conducted research and analysis with the nine directors of each school. Through these investigations, we gained insights into which schools are engaged in environmental education projects or actions and assessed their progress. The research followed a qualitative approach, combining descriptive and exploratory methods. The results obtained revealed that formal environmental education in the municipality of Cristalândia do Piauí is still incipient and faces several obstacles