O meio ambiente enquanto tema transversal: uma análise da concepção dos professores do 1º seguimento do ensino fundamental de Cajazeiras, PB.

Abstract

The present work, which has as its thematic guiding axis the environment in the first segment of primary education and its main objective is to identify how the approach to environmental issues in the classroom so that later we can reflect on the pedagogical practices related to this theme. The motivation for this research arose from personal interests, since I work as Technician in Environment at the Secretariat of Rural Development and Environment of the municipality of Cajazeiras - PB, having a special concern with Education issues School environment, from the perspective of transversality. With a view to achieving the proposed objectives, the present work presents a historical rescue of the first environmental education activities in Brazil and worldwide, as well as analysis of the National Curriculum Parameters (NCP) about their positioning in dealing with environmental issues. From this understanding was performed a field research at the Cecília Estolano Municipal Elementary School Meireles, located in the city of Cajazeiras, in which questionnaires were used, applied teachers from 1st to 5th grade of this institution, in order to understand what the methodological approach and the process of teaching environment learning. Subsequently, a reflective analysis of these practices is performed in relation to the proposals launched by the NCPs.