ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN A SCHOOL AROUND RPPN FAZENDA ALMAS: INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH STUDENTES IN CARIRI PARAIBANO

Abstract

Caatinga occupies about 10% of all Brazilian territory and is one of the biomes that suffer most from anthropic action. Given this scenario emerges the importance of working with Environmental Education (EA) in this region not only to warn about the environmental impacts that occur in the occurred, but also sensitize citizens about their coexistence with the environment. Thus, the purpose of this research was to unveil to the students of the schools around RPPN Fazenda Almas the realization of a contextualized environmental education for the Caatinga biome. The methodology was a research of applied nature of qualitative approach, using technical procedures of the participant research and elements of the theory of bioregionalism. The work took place with students from EEEFM Bartolomeu Maracajá, in São José dos Cordeiros-PB. There were a total of ten pedagogical experiences that took place both in the classroom, with various didactic means, as well as environmental studies at Fazenda Almas. To analyze the students' perception, pre and post-test structured questionnaires were used, where students were submitted to environmental questions. When asked about “what is the environment” there were categories that stood out, in the pretest 42% of students had a “generalist” view, while in the posttest this percentage dropped to 14% followed by “as a resource”. ”Expressing 25% in the pretest and 18% in the posttest. When asked about “what comes to be nature” 35% of students have a “generalist” view, appearing only in the pretest, no longer posttest in a new category that emerged and the most prominent was “as an ecosystem”. When asked about “what comes to be environmental education”, 40% of the students answered in the pretest that it is a “curricular discipline”, no longer in the posttest was expressed a new category with 40% of EE as “Critical”. When asked about "what are the environmental impacts that occurred in the region" 60% of students did not associate pre-test as "burned" and not post-test 45% associated with pesticides, being a subject very worked in the experiences. When asked about RPPN Fazenda Almas, 30% of the students are already qualified in the place, 60% of the students never heard and 20% never heard. As the actions performed at the school were important for those who discuss knowing some environmental issues, as well as knowing the heritage of RPPN Fazenda Almas.