Educação ambiental na educação infantil

Abstract

Nowadays we realize that the man-nature relationship is in unbalance, and that this debate has been built since the 60's, that is, the last century, since man begins to realize that natural resources are not so abundant, and that this could put at risk his own survival. Realizing that change must start early, this research has as its theme Environmental Education in Early Childhood Education with the objective of getting to know this reality, and to analyze how schools have been working with students on this theme, whether in formal or non-formal education, and what are the developments for the child to truly become a subject of law and participatory in this socioeconomic and environmental context. Documental analysis was used with the proposal of knowing these aspects, gathering data, knowing the local and global reality, and the results of these actions in schools in different localities of our country. The results observed refer us to small advances in legislation and in the application of projects aimed at sustainability, observed through inclusion in the PPP or even the subjects/projects worked on in schools. On the other hand, the objective to be achieved comes up against a lack of specific training in Environmental Education, inadequate remuneration of teachers and school staff in inadequate buildings, bureaucratic issues and the human common sense that it is better to consume unrestrainedly than to resign the use of things. The task at hand is to break this consumerist paradigm and demands a collective and articulated work of teachers, school staff, parents and the community in general. This mutual relationship of respect for oneself, the other, and the planet is the path to be pursued.