Proteção de nascentes de água como proposta de educação ambiental

Abstract

The main objective of this academic work was to develop activities that could arouse a cr it ical view on environmental degradation in relation to the sustainable use of water. Therefore, na interdisciplinary project for the recovery of urban water springs w as developed in the city of Caiapônia GO, with students from the seventh year of elementa ry school, from the Full Time Teaching Center (CEPI) Gercina Borges Teixeira. This is a qualitative research with action research approach. The methodology adopted was the elaboration and application od a Didactic Sequence that included theoretical and pra ct ical classes on the environment, focusing on the sustainability of urban springs. The research steps incude data collection through questionnaires; ecological walking as ameans of raising public awareness of environmental practices; visits and revegetat io n of urban springs in the municipality of Caiapônia and development of an interdisciplinary didactic sequence, as a proposal for environmental education, in line wit h environmental issues focused on the reality of the municipality. From the perspective of interdisciplinarity and with a focus on the transversal theme “environment”, the discipline of Portuguese Language, Sciences, Geography, History and Arts actively participated in the proposed activities. The results demonstrate that the objectives were a ch ieved and reinforce the importance of na environmental education that is, above all, a general education, focused on the students’ reality of life. The educational p roduct of this research is a Didactic Sequence presenting the development of pedagogical ac tions in the recovery of urban springs, with the purpose of assisting teachers/educators in environmental practices.