EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL NAS ESCOLAS DE TEMPO INTEGRAL (DE 1º AO 5º ANO) PRÓXIMAS ÀS NASCENTES DO RIO MEIA PONTE.

Abstract

This study is a research of the practices of environmental education (EE) in the Full- Time Schools (FTS) from (1 st to 5th year) near the headwaters of the Meia Ponte river, which are: State Full-Time School Alfredo Nasser and State Full-Time School Ary Demósthenes, both located in the city of Itauçu-GO. It discusses how the teaching is done in the institutions cited by EE research with students, parents and teachers, managers and employees. It describes the main conceptions of the EE and the importance of conservation in the FTSs for the Meia Ponte River, some theories are used to thinking of a new way of working the EE to preservation of life. It notes to the research field in which the school community is aware of some superficial information, related to EE, but these do not Always turn into knowledge, the results show that teachers work with their students some concepts of EE, but is still a working with shy fragmentation of contents with deficit contextualize the themes worked and little cares to relate learning with local environmental issues and specially with Meia Ponte river that occurs a certain indifference to perform its conservation. It is observed that teachers are not trained to work EE specifies it can be one of the justifications, the difficulties in addressing the issue. We conclude that in these cases to develop effective environmental practices and commitment it is necessary to change the process of teaching and learning for the whole community, as students show proved receptive to working with EE, and there is a need for qualified teachers they can pass on the knowledge so that students understand, they absorb and live what was learned.