A Educação Ambiental Aplicada no Ensino Fundamental como Processo de Transformação Social em uma Escola Pública do Município de Tabatinga

Abstract

Environmental education has been cited as a field of action capable of contributing to the transformation of contemporary society, collaborating with the development of actions aimed at minimizing socio-environmental degradation standards and establishing sustainable societies. This work proposes actions of environmental education in the 9th year of elementary school in a public school in the municipality of Tabatinga-Amazonas, as a process of social transformation. Action Research was used, with a qualitative method, and data collection instruments were semi-structured interviews and questionnaires applied to teachers and students. The results show the importance of environmental practices through a transversal and interdisciplinary work, valuing environmental education for the formation of critical citizens engaged with environmental issues.