A inclusão da educação ambiental como disciplina curricular nas escolas municipais de São Gabriel - RS: reflexões sobre a educação formal, não formal e informal

Abstract

Education is a fundamental condition for the individual to participate in society , and this starts with the family, which is a socializing environment, since it allowed the children contact with the first rules of social life , thus effecting informal education . Over time the traditional education is presented through teacher -centered methods with closed with organized curricula , or formal education . Formal education is on the non - formal education which proposals to add the biography of individuals , expanding the range of experiences and formative experiences of children, youth , adults and seniors . Today environmental education is on the non-formal education to be based on dialogue and interaction between people thus building a critical view. We can analyze this monographic work through interviews in the local schools of São Gabriel - RS and the Municipal Education Department, that environmental education is not worked as it should , teachers are not trained or encouraged , the school does not offer suitable conditions to develop this type of work , there is a lack of interest by teachers and responsible for education . Thus verifying that it is essential to implement the discipline of environmental education in an objective way , ie as a curriculum subject , since many practical research , as well as specialized doctrine , notably cited in this study point to this need , in order to commit the changes relating to customs and cultural knowledge concerning the preservation and conservation of the environment .