"Amando"- educação ambiental e interdisciplinaridade: formação continuada e coletiva de professores

Abstract

The research linked to the Graduate Program in Science Teaching (UFMS), line of research in environmental education, had as its focus the continuing education for environmental educators of teachers of a school of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The goal was to provide the group of teachers conditions for better understanding of environmental education as an instrument of transformation for the construction of attitudes aware before of socio-environmental realities. Within the modality qualitatively we opted for collaborative research, working on the principle that environmental education (EE) can be constructed from practices that overcome the fragmented way of thinking and acting valuing interdisciplinarity. We performed a literature review about the concepts of Environmental Education and key concepts based on Leff, Sato and Guimarães. For the conduct of the work at school, our main theoretical is Paulo Freire, by indicating the questioning and the dialogical as fundamental aspects in the production of new knowledge. The documentary research and observation contributed to probable changes in environmental characteristics. In dialog with the collective of teachers, using the dynamic "Future Workshop", were raised the "Dreams" of the school, as well as the obstacles, identifying the issues to be addressed. We interviewed some older employees and direction, in order to obtain reports about the changes that have occurred in the space and actions related to EE. Although we see difficulties in the development of activities of a collective, we noticed some advances revealed by the growing interest of teachers for Environmental Education. The survey results were obtained by means of the involvement of the school community in activities, as well as reviewing and modifying attitudes that have enriched the pedagogical practice and the environment of the school studied. It is possible to say that to consolidate effective actions of environmental education in educational institutions, it is necessary to the collective work, involving the various actors that make up the universe of the school, fostering an understanding of the environment as a whole. The evidence shows that some professionals have profile of leadership and initiative, seeking to develop and put into practice activities, even lacking the full awareness of the environment and broader than you think, and that simple activities such as the organization of space and its surroundings can influence and trigger important transformations.