A concepção dos educadores sobre a temática de educação ambiental na escola: dificuldades e desafios

Abstract

Environmental issues are increasingly gaining repercussions worldwide. There are several factors that have intensified these problems, such as population growth, the uncontrolled use of natural resources, pollution and deforestation. This work was developed in a State School of primary and secondary education in the municipality of Ijuí / RS, where it was applied a semi-structured questionnaire on EA themes in the classroom context and interdisciplinarity in the teaching process. The research is justified by the need to change attitudes towards environmental issues, proposing the involvement of school teachers in activities related to environmental education, discussing his views on the EA-related issues in the disciplinary context. The data collection instrument was given in the form of a questionnaire with 12 open questions. The interview aimed to understand how teachers have been working issues with EA in the classroom context, determine the difficulties experienced during the process of awareness of the environmental issues facing students. However, it is noted that the approach to environmental issues in the classroom context, it is considered a major challenge for teachers, since, as it is broad issues, diverse and rich in concepts, they feel in their most unprepared for this approach. Thus, it should be noted that environmental education is a permanent construction and reconstruction process, which requires the participation and involvement of the whole society.