Contribuições da agroecologia - produção de base ecológica para a educação ambiental no meio rural

Abstract

The present paper analyzes the approach of the environmental education through ecological production techniques, in order to contribute facing the environmental problems in rural areas, with that verify how the techniques, that are used in the ecological production, permeated by the agroecology principles, can contribute in the environmental education processes in this space. As methods of data collection, it was used a rural extension technique named Tree of problems and causes, that allowed the questioning along with the students of Padre José de Anchieta Kindergarten and Elementary Public School, located in the countryside of São Miguel do Oeste town, and semi-structured interviews with these students’ teachers were also realized. It was found that a lot of environmental problems are faced in rural areas, that, mostly, happen because of the conventional techniques used in agriculture. It was also verified that the environmental education inside the subjects of the school curriculum is worked alone to some specific themes, however, the existence of the Agricultural Techniques Project developed in the School, shows its engagement in the search for the overcoming of the environmental problems that are presented there through the knowledge and use of ecological techniques. These, on the other hand, can be considered the own achievement of the environmental education, since that beyond being alternatives to the conventional techniques used in agriculture, they represent the change in subjects’ attitudes and values in respect of management of natural resources in a sustainable way.