Educação ambiental nas escolas municipais de ensino fundamental da zona sul de Osasco

Abstract

This research examined the practices of Environmental Education in Municipal Schools Elementary Schools of the South Zone of Osasco, and how these practices lead to awareness and use of natural resource in a sustainable manner. If you have to justify the fact that environmental education contribute to changes in positive attitudes in citizens' lives, improves health, social relationships and allows the rational use of natural resources. For it to become concrete is necessary to reflect on the challenges and transformations that promotes sustainable thinking in the life of the recipient and on its influence on contemporary society in the implementation of public policies. .Reach themselves as general purpose, analyzing how environmental education can contribute to practices performed in Elementary Education with respect to sensitization on the conservation and sustainable use of resources natural. The methods were used to prepare the research in books, articles, laws and monographs. These were responsible for building the theoretical framework. Also organized a questionnaire to be used in schools, investigating the property developments in environmental education activities that they have, public policy and present the incentive offered by the Public Management for project implementation. If found the participation of schools in Biodiesel Project and Belgo Arcelo Mittal Award with the theme "Family Farming". In one of them as a result of sensitization, are starting an organic garden. As results obtained it is concluded that environmental education can assist in practices performed in elementary school making possible sustainable performances as the conscious use of natural resources when it is integrated in the disciplines, not being worked in isolation, but with all staff involved in course, from one who works directly to those working indirectly in the teaching learning process.