REPRESENTAÇÃO DO CERRADO NOS LIVROS DIDÁTICOS NA REDE PÚBLICA DO ESTADO DE GOIÁS GOIÂNIA

Abstract

addresses how the Cerrado (Brazilian Savanna) nature is represented in the textbooks provided to the public schools in the elementary and secondary education, and the preparation and support that teachers receive to work the subject if it was adopted on a holistic and transdisciplinary focus. The study describes the main conceptions on environmental education (EE), holism, transdisciplinarity and the limitations in terms of contents covering Cerrado, the on environmental issues, required by the National Curriculum Parameters (PCNs). It evidences, by documents, that the Higher Education Institutions Goiás Pontific Catholic University (PUC Goiás) and Goiás Federal University (UFG) few involvement in qualify the future teachers to work with EE in the elementary and secondary public schools. It concludes that its necessary reverse such situation, so one can re-write the textbooks for better contemplation on EE and Cerrado care of within Goiás public schools.