A educação ambiental como recurso didático às séries iniciais do ensino Fundamental I da Escola Cabo Barros – Capitão Poço-Pa

Abstract

Environmental Education exerts an important role in shaping responsible and environmentally concerned citizens. Thus, by being inserted in the early grades, it make possible to work early on informing and raising awareness children's about environmental issues. In this sense, this work aimed to evaluate Environmental Education in the pedagogical practices of the early grades of elementary school at Cabo Barros school, located in the village of Boca Nova in the city of Capitão Poço, Pará. To this, several activities and practices were introduced focused on the theme, interdisciplinarily. Finally, as a way to examine project performance, the students were evaluated through drawings produced by them, and the parents and teachers were asked about their knowledge of the subject. Thus, the results obtained from the analysis of the students drawings made it possible to diagnose mainly a naturalistic conception of the "environment". The educators questionnaires diagnosed some disagreements in their answers, highlighting different views: naturalistic, anthropocentric and globalizing. As for the parents, they demonstrated to be aware of the environmental issues and the preventive measures, although some of them are still disinterested in contributing to the children's formation process. In view of this, we hope that all schools will take the initiative to implement Environmental Education in their pedagogical project, seeking not only awareness, but also the approximation of the human being and nature by realizing that we are part of this environment.