A percepção de professores relacionada a educação ambiental em uma escola pública municipal de Uruçuí - PI

Abstract

Environmental education is essential to make students aware of the world in which they live, as well as, so that they can understand the importance of natural resources for the maintenance of life on the planet. The objective of the present work is to analyze how the process of teaching environmental education occurs at Água Branca school in the municipality of Uruçuí- Pi. The methodology used is configured in a field study, where it was possible to follow the environmental education classes during the three months of the first semester at Água Branca school. The research reveals that the majority of students (40%) learn about the environment at school, although some students are still unaware of the importance of the environment,the school can contribute significantly to awaken this awareness. Regarding teachers, when asked about the main limitation to teach environmental education at school, everyone agreed that reconciling environmental education within the content of each subject has been a limiting factor. We can conclude that in this school environmental education is not developed in an interdisciplinary way as suggested by the PCNs, it does not offer the necessary resources for the development of an effective and good quality environmental education. However, despite these obstacles, most students are able to understand the importance of the environment for life on the planet.