Um olhar sobre a educação ambiental em escolas de Itaporanga-PB

Abstract

This Course Completion Work addresses the importance of the vision and appreciation of Environmental Education in the school context, through the title: A look at Environmental Education in schools in Itaporanga - Paraíba, since this is essential to develop all the critical potential and empathy of the students, understanding that the environment constitutes life as a fundamental element. The general objective that permeated the research was to analyze how formal education reaches everyone involved in the school community regarding the importance of preserving the environment for life. The specific objectives were: to know the teaching performance regarding environmental education and to identify actions aimed at preserving the environment within the educational context in the city of Itaporanga-PB. Bibliographical research was used with a qualitative and field approach, carrying out observations and a questionnaire on the subject for teachers from some schools in Itaporanga, Paraíba. It was based on the theoretical assumptions of several authors, who emphasize the benefits, the need and the importance of environmental education in the school context, in a perspective of forming citizens who are aware and able to live in the social environment, contributing to the improvement of the quality of life, of socialization, of autonomy.