A educação ambiental como ferramenta de transformação socioambiental

Abstract

The concern with the growing and accelerated environmental degradation and compromised quality of life for future generations , both related to environmental education , meant that the need arose to study and identify the perceptions and highlight the importance of environmental education to school students means of a private school in the town of Cachoeira do Sul the aim of this study was to identify the perceptions and highlight the importance of environmental education to high school students at a private school . This research uses from the Environmental Education as a transformative tool within an environmental context, implying directly in their behavior. This work is exploratory with a questionnaire with intent to approach the results of quantitative and qualitative manner, with an emphasis on participatory research. This study was conducted with 100 students aged between 15 and 17 years old, coming from high school to a college in private schools in the city of Cachoeira do Sul, RS. As a result students, about 95 % of respondents believe that it is possible that the company can continue evolving and developing economically in accordance with the policies of environmental preservation. It is concluded that environmental education does have the power to transform our students of today in people with perception and environmental awareness, the possibility that in the future we can have a society steeped in values and ethical and environmental knowledge.