Educação ambiental e inclusão de alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais: uma prática possível

Abstract

This monograph is constituted by the realization of a study linking the Environmental Education and the inclusion of students with special educational necessities (SEN) in the regular teaching system. The research involved the Edna May Cardoso State School and the Centro de Apoio Integrado à Criança, both located in Santa Maria – RS city. The interest issue developed during the Special Education Graduate curse in the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria and particular interest and curiosity by environment issues. The inclusive education brings together many challenges and uncertainties to people involved with education, and to changes to happen it is needed we to believe in this proposal and to search for alternative ways that could contribute in the differences valorization process. With this research, we were to evaluate the feasibility of Environmental Education as a contributing tool for the proposal of inclusive education. We wish to point pedagogic proposals of Environmental Education and, following, to present the study to the two studied schools. The utilized methodology had a qualitative nature, using as tool a questionnaire with six questions involving Environmental Education and inclusion, which were given to teachers dealing with included students. It was possible to conclude that Environmental Education, if adequately employed, contributes to new values building, to self estimate rescue, and to social and people intellectual development, configuring itself so as an excellent ally in the inclusive process of SEN students.