A educação ambiental na escola: o reaproveitamento do lixo escolar em uma escola de periferia, no município de Passo Fundo

Abstract

This study is the environmental education in the classroom, from the reuse of waste a school in suburban schools, the city of Passo Fundo / RS. Aimed, with the awareness of teachers, school staff and students, perform a system for recycling and reuse of waste at the school, offering workshops on recycled paper, reuse of the drafts of poems and verses copier papers donated by entrepreneurs, and burial of organic waste produced at school. For this, through an action research on a sample of 55 students, coming from sixth grade, this study was divided in theory and practice. It was made necessary theoretical support based on literature search. After, was realized the practical part of the research, with representations and practices used by teachers for a change of attitudes of students in relation to its relations with the environment. As a result, resumed the habits and attitudes brought to the homes of everyday life. As for the employees, these habits and attitudes have become a bit cumbersome and costly, since it is resistant to change. Teachers, when asked to participate and get involved with recycling, corresponded positively, since they have not is a function only of science teachers. This practice contributed to a change of attitudes of students, teachers and the school community forward to interactions with the environment from activities involving the reuse of waste.