MORAIS, J. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7501322158378460; MORAIS, Janicele França de.
Resumen:
Environmental education has become a transformative source, willing to react to the constant
changes and environmental impacts that occur in the world. The advance of degradation caused by human
activities constitutes itself by a constant threat to biodiversity and is associated with the level of conception
and perception of society with regard to environmental issues. Thus, this research aims to analyze the
perception about the terms: environment and environmental education, as well as the knowledge about the
practices of the students of the State School of Elementary and Secondary Education Iolanda Tereza Chaves
Lima, located in the municipality of Cubati-PB. Based on the survey of the conceptions about the
environment and environmental education of the groups studied, it was possible to identify the level of
knowledge and an awareness of the students in relation to the themes of the environmental area. We also
identified possible tools for working environmental themes in the classroom. The methodology used to
realize the research was data collection with a questionnaire applied to the students. The results obtained
with the research helped to conclude about the importance of a work with the environmental thematic in
the classroom, focused on the socio-environmental formation of the students, in the sense of arousing the
habitual care with the environment and promote knowledge directed to concrete actions within and beyond
the school environment. The research also had the purpose of provoking, although initially, environmental
changes in the thought and attitudes of a significant part of the population. Besides stimulating the student
to preserve the environment and promote the integration between the school and the community, aiming
principles of environmental protection in harmony with sustainable development.