ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH FOR A CRITICAL-REFLECTIVE TRAINING

Abstract

Education and the schooling process are ways that can contribute to the development of environmental awareness of individuals and promote changes in values, attitudes and behaviors, allowing the formation of ethical citizens and aware of their space and environment. Thus, a qualitative research, specifically a collaborative research-action, with teachers of a state public school of Elementary and Secondary Education, seeks to trigger a critical-reflexive process on the pedagogical practice of these professionals and build collectively educational actions related to environmental issues. It is hoped that the process can collaborate with the improvement of teaching practice when working with this theme and, consequently, to promote in students the environmental awareness of their living space.