Promoção da educação socioambiental nas escolas públicas do município de Hulha Negra/RS por meio de concursos de projetos ambientais

Abstract

The present work investigated the Environmental Education practices developed in the schools of the municipality of Hulha Negra / RS, in order to obtain indications as to how these institutions contribute to the formation of citizens who can act consciously in society and with respect to the environment, where We obtained subsidies to analyze the projects submitted in the Environmental Projects Contest, an event organized by the Municipal Department of the Environment, which occurs in the municipality of Hulha Negra / RS. The study was carried out through an analysis of the 44 projects presented in the Environmental Projects Contest, developed by students and teachers of public schools in the municipality of Hulha Negra / RS in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. With this Grouping by similarity, the themes of the projects arriving at three categories: Category 1 - Waste, which were grouped the themes: Selective Collection and Recycling, Environmental Services and Composting and Solid Waste; Category 2 - Soil, where the following themes were grouped: Preservation and Environmental Conservation and Recovery of degraded areas and Category 3 - Horts, which was the subject of School Gardens, for a better analysis and to reach the conclusion of the results. As conclusions it can be pointed out that educators have developed different projects and activities, encouraging the participation of students in events promoted by municipal management, thereby building an exchange of educational actions and providing each student with a process of learning outside the classroom , Where students take this transformation to their personal lives and the school forms citizens who can act consciously in society and in relation to the environment.