Educação ambiental e a práxis pedagógica do professor: um estudo de caso no ensino fundamental no município de Agudo - RS

Abstract

The present research is about Environmental Education and the teacher’s pedagogical praxis: a case study in elementary school. It investigated the concepts and pedagogical praxis of the educational professionals of the elementary school. This research also investigated the pedagogical practices of the teachers in relation to the Environmental Education; to emphasize the importance of the Environmental Education in the school context exposing to the community and to demonstrate the aspects of the issue of environment in the pedagogic praxis of the teacher. So it was possible to achieve a theorist discussion related to the effective environmental problems and the Environmental Education at school. This work was achieved through a study case, starting with the application of an open questionnaire to teachers of a teaching institution of Agudo county and it has as a reference the qualitative approach. It was verified that Environmental Education is nowadays one of the most effective manners to create forms of a sustainable relationship between men and the nature, these aspects appear in the observed school, so there are being realized work proposals in which the student can develop a conscience about all these facts and a reflection about the environmental issues. Then the Environmental Education at school will assume the fundamental function to promote the development of the awareness of students to achieve a better quality of life in the planet.