Educação ambiental escolar com ênfase nos solos do Cariri Paraibano: reflexões da temática em projetos da Escola Estadual Cidadã Integral Técnica Juarez Maracajá.

Abstract

Soil sustains life and knowledge of it should permeate all primary school grades, making up school content and projects. The scope of this work is to present the theme of Environmental Education with an emphasis on Soil Education in the Cariri region of Paraiba, based on actions worked on in school projects. The aim of the research was to reflectively analyse the projects Meio ambiente meu, Recicla ECIT and Juntos pelo solos, developed at ECIT Juarez Maracajá, in order to promote meaningful and contextualised citizen education. The methodological aspects concern basic research, a descriptive qualitative approach, with an explanatory case study. A survey was carried out of the pedagogical actions developed at the school, relating them to elements of Brazilian legislation relating to Environmental Education and Soil Education. The actions were carried out in the first two bimesters of 2024. Analysing the projects, it was observed that interest in sustainable practices can be developed simultaneously with regular and technical education - so that this interest forms the student's identity, strengthens the sense of belonging and points to a prosperous future together with the alliance between nature and human beings. In dialogue with the teaching staff and students, it was found that they perceive the projects as relevant and fundamental for transformative and citizen training, within the scope of contextualised education and education in soils. The conclusion is that projects that show care for the soil in particular and the environment in general contribute positively to meaningful education, as attractive and necessary actions to raise awareness among students to seek solutions to current problems with a view to a sustainable and possible future.