Horto Florestal Olho D’água da Bica: perspectivas e ensaios para torna-se um centro de referência em educação ambiental no Curimataú Paraibano.

Abstract

Environmental Education promotes reflection on environmental problems faced today in search of solutions for them, strengthening relationships of respect and protection between man and nature. Therefore, the present work aimed to point out perspectives and highlight actions carried out that can make Horto Florestal Olho D'Água da Bica a reference in Environmental Education for Curimataú Paraibano. The so-called Trilha do Jatobá was developed and put into practice with 5th year classes at Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Professora Eudócia Alves dos Santos, on August 16th and 17th, 2022, in the municipality of Cuité, in Curimataú Paraibano. The trail experience promoted the use of interdisciplinarity and playfulness, a pleasant teaching-learning process, involving and attracting students' attention, in addition to developing observation, reflection and resolution skills for environmental problems faced on a daily basis. Horto Florestal, being rich in unique environmental characteristics, was the ideal place for the development of the trails. The preservation of this location can guarantee that the experience with the Jatobá Trail is viable for other schools in Curimataú, taking the teaching of Environmental Education to foreground, making it a Reference Center for Environmental Education.