Trilhas interpretativas como ferramenta para educação ambiental: uma experiência no Horto Florestal do Olho d’agua da Bica, Cuité, PB.

Abstract

This work deals with the use of interpretative trails as a tool to support environmental education in Horto Florestal Eye D 'Água da Bica, involving schools in the municipality of Cuité PB, aiming to analyze the interpretive trail as a tool for teaching pedagogical approach and insertion of concepts of recovery and conservation of natural environments from caatinga and preserving the stories of uses and customs of the region. Activities divided into three stages: Pre-trail, guided interpretive trail in the Horto Florestal and Post-trail. The results indicate the interpretive trails as an excellent tool to support environmental education because it allows those involved to use the original elements of the environment to understand their natural features, historic and cultural perceive local environmental problems, and to enjoy a pleasurable activity of contact with nature, showing us that environmental education along with interpretive trails is an effective strategy in the quest for rapprochement between man and natural environments, as well as a renewal of teaching and learning.