Environmental education in the school context: Practices and projects in focus

Abstract

The present work addresses didactic aspects of environmental education in schools through bibliographical research. It aims to investigate the theme of environmental education in the environmental context reflecting on their practices and interdisciplinary projects such as school gardens. The importance of the participation of the school community in the teaching of environmental education is perceived as much as the concern with environmental issues. It begins by rescuing the history of environmental education in Brazil, followed by a brief report of possible practices in the school context. Then, the environmental education projects in schools are analyzed, specifically exemplifying school gardens. Research shows that the school faces a great challenge to adapt innovative pedagogical proposals on environmental education in an interdisciplinary perspective in traditional curricular models centered on hierarchies. Even so, studies on environmental education are growing every year in schools, showing the great interest in changing habits and behaviors. In this way, it is credited with improvements in the personal and collective well-being of individuals, and for a better quality of life. The work contributes with motivating information for the implementation of pedagogical projects in environmental education.