CONCEPÇÕES DOS ALUNOS DO ENSINO MÉDIO E SUPERIOR SOBRE ARBORIZAÇÃO URBANA INSERIDAS NO CONTEXTO DA EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL

Abstract

The urban forestry and environmental education are very important elements for achieving satisfactory levels of quality of life, because they play ecological, economic and social space in which they operate, providing several benefits to the population. The present study sought to assess the perception of students from high school and university, public and private school, two middle schools (A and B) and two universities (C and D), about the importance of urban forestry, environmental education and the environment. Two questionnaires were used, the first preconceptual to assess students prior knowledge and the second applied after the completion of eight educational interventions on biodiversity, savannah, native species, exotic species, periods of fruiting trees and basics of stock seeds. The results showed that students perceptions about the terms environmental education and the environment still favors the traditional tendency and basically naturalistic view, only the terms relating to natural features. Urban trees on the subject, the conception of the students before the intervention was low, since this had never been given, because of lack of interest by teachers and school funding. After the educational interventions found that student interest was significant, especially on the tree species used in urban forestry in Goiânia and flora of the Cerrado. Regarding environmental issues, it becomes necessary to increase less fragmented and abstract classes on content of the environment so that they can contribute to the learning process.