A EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL (EA) NAS ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS MUNICIPAIS DE GOIÂNIA: GARANTIA DA SADIA QUALIDADE DE VIDA?

Abstract

The interfacing between the environment, health and education constitute the subject of this work. The research involved 05 elementary public schools of Goiania, conducting interviews (using questionnaires with open-ended questions) with those people in charge of educational directives with the Municipal Secretary of Education, 02 educational coordinators, 07 teachers and 40 students of the second and third levels, in schools located on the outskirts, in rundown areas or with decaying infrastructure, around the city, with the objective of identifying some social issues about the environment and verifying if the subject of Environmental Education, in the form it has been managed, encourages young people to participate in the control of environmental quality as a way of ensuring a healthy quality of life. The right to have access to Environmental Education, constitutionally guaranteed and supported by the City Hall of Goiania, however, is not put into practice regularly but the research indicates that other critical factors exist for the implementation of a differentiated education directed towards the formation of an active citizen.