ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: A CASE ANALYSIS

Autores/as

  • Lorena Janczak Tavares UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-0221.2010v7n10p43

Resumen

This paper analyses an environmental education project conducted by the Federal University of Santa Catarina at an Elementary Public School, in Florianópolis, Brazil. The experiment involved students in the grade four at the Vitor Miguel de Souza School. As an action-research project, students were encouraged to explore their relationship with their micro-environment and macro-environment. In addition, students were encouraged to become active actors in their community. In order to achieve such goals, we carried out class activities that promoted observation, identification, comparison and representation of the interaction of both environments. As a result of this project, students became aware of environmental problems and highly motivated to act to improve their community.

Biografía del autor/a

Lorena Janczak Tavares, UFSC

Graduanda do Curso de Pedagogia da UFSC

Publicado

2010-12-25