Visão sobre meio ambiente entre alunos de escolas da rede pública no município de Cachoeira do Sul (RS, Brasil)

Abstract

This paper reports a survey made among students in the teachers training course and early years of elementary school of four state schools in the town of Cachoeira do Sul (RS). The aim was to investigate the view of the students on the environment, comparing the two levels of education. Students were asked to represent, through drawings, their conception of what the environment is. The drawings were analyzed and divided into categories which represented the images related to the environment that that were recurring (man, animals, plants etc.). By observing the work can be verified that, for most of elementary school students, the environment is a synonymous of green, harmony and balance, there were few representations of aggression to the environment. In the Teachers training course, the observation of the studies demonstrates that students seem to possess a greater awareness of the impacts already suffered by the planet. Considering these results, it would be interesting to rethink the environmental practice in schools. Respecting sensitivities, but without hiding facts and perspectives, giving visibility to the problems, perhaps the children are, increasingly, changing agents and co-responsible for the process of healing the planet.