Educação ambiental por meio de projetos de trabalho no ensino fundamental

Abstract

This research had as main objective to evaluate the possible contributions of Work Projects in environmental education, in order to awaken a critical conscience in the way of thinking and acting of the students of the elementary school, in a class of the 7th grade of the state network of Rio Verde-Goiás, focusing on the problem of garbage. The approach used was qualitative research, of the case study type. The data collection instruments were systematized in three stages: questionnaires, semi-structured interview and participant observation. For data analysis, Bardin content analysis technique was used, delineated by three different periods: pre-analysis, material exploration and treatment of results. The methodology was initially proposed, with the production of an essay text on garbage, followed by questionnaires with open and closed questions. Then three classes from each of the subjects were followed and observed: Science, Geography and Mathematics in a total of nine classes, with the objective of knowing how the environmental education contents are approached in classes and the degree of assimilation by the students. The results obtained indicated a significant change in the behavior of students in relation to changes in attitudes and care for the physical spaces of the school, as well as in the social and cooperative treatment with colleagues and teachers. Therefore, it can be suggested that, environmental education work projects, developed at school, contribute to the critical formation of subjects on socio-environmental issues, to the extent that they are widely worked with the involvement of the entire community, in order to overcome the school walls. The educational product of this dissertation is the report of the Work Project developed, which can be replicated by other schools, aiming to provide teachers with support material that allows the use of diversified pedagogical methodologies, in the implementation of environmental practices in the school.