Educação ambiental: a percepção ambiental dos professores do ensino fundamental no município de São Gabriel-RS

Abstract

Environmental education is a key component in the strategy towards sustainable development, where environmental, economic and social values need to be allies. Considering that environmental degradation is one of society's concerns, it is necessary to understand how the development of educational activities can contribute to sustainable development, which is the best ally in the formation of a citizen, so that he can be aware of their rights and duties. Based on this analysis, the teacher educators are important agents in relation to environmental issues, since they are propagators and stimulators of knowledge. The problems will lack of environmental knowledge does not exclude the elementary school teachers, since they are responsible for the initiation of environmental literacy. Making it necessary to further clarification of the matter to them. The study aimed to analyze the environmental perception of teachers from elementary school in the early grades of public schools in São Gabriel-RS based on information from active teachers in this municipality, and they are responsible for literacy in the early education. Although there are laws on Education to encourage schools and teachers to work on environmental issues, they do not guide how. Hindering the adequacy of teachers and their curriculum hardly make room for this change. In general, teachers have shown that lack knowledge of the complexity of environmental education process, which besides imparting knowledge and worry about raising awareness for conservation also involves a political and historical discussion, mobilization, construction and values skills, essential components so that the community becomes able to act and solve environmental problems.