Concepção de educação socioambiental na Escola E.E.F.M Joaquim Aires Caluete no Município de Parari - PB, a partir do olhar dos professores e dos alunos.

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the way Social and Environmental Education in the municipality of Parari - PB has been occurring as well as to discuss how the Social and Environmental Education has been contributing to individuals' qualification to live in society. We took as motivation to this discussion first our involvement with the thematic which stemMed from our qualification in Geography graduation course, starting from the discussions, reflections and observations we had in class, which made us realize the extent to which Social and Environmental Education is essential to the qualification of individuals in our society. The locus of our research was a public school in Parari - Paraiba - Brazil, from where we investigated a teacher and his students from High School. Our research is classified as a research-action, qualitative study. We drew on theoretical researches performed by some researchers. We came to the conclusion that Social and Environmental Education must be used as a transforming pedagogic tool, for it is an essential instrument to form reflective and conscious subjects, which directly implies in their behavior, making them multipliers of good Social and Environmental practices.