Educação ambiental: uma experiência na Escola Municipal Fenelon Câmara na cidade de João Pessoa – PB

Abstract

This study approaches the theme of environmental education from a pilot experience that occurred in the Fenelon Câmara County Elementary School in the county of João Pessoa, Paraíba. The guiding objectives of the study were to first, identify what the students knew about the subject and environmental education; because this would basically indicate whether the school or other institution worked with themes about environmental education with them; second, what they would reveal about the experiences on environmental education experienced in school, having in mind that we sought a school indicated by the County Secretariat of the Environment of João Pessoa/PB as the reference in the environmental area, having done projects with students; and third, what they would indicate as important aspects for environmental education towards the individual, school, community and society. These objectives are detailed in the data analysis of this study, as a result of a descriptive and field research, by a qualitative approach. The research results pointed many important data for the environmental education thematic, we can point they consider environmental education is of extreme relevance, it could be a practice worked in schools in all subjects with 35.7%, it was described as necessary for raising awareness of them and others with 28.4% frequency; 44.4% pointed it could make clean and sanitized places in school; 44.0% reported they will teach environmental education in the community for future generations; it improves life quality with 25% frequency; and 73.7% consider themselves worried about the environment. It was noted using the collected data that the students possess an understanding about environmental education, although the school did not offer projects in this research’s period, it does not eliminate the possibilities of developing routine didactic related to the theme, because they positioned themselves in all questions regarding the thematic. This evidences that, in a way, be it by other channels, and of the school in other activities, they know and want to participate in activities that involve such theme in school. One of the most cited problems by the majority was the concern with garbage. This can be a theme that the school could adopt in a social project together with its students. Finally, this study approached a reality in a way that other researches can enlarge the discussion to be able to note if environmental education is been developed how official documents and politics of the Brazilian State advocate.