A percepção dos problemas ambientais como instrumento na educação ambiental: um estudo na Escola Municipal Jorceli Sila Sestari/Santana do Araguaia - PA

Abstract

Environmental education promotes awareness and benefits aimed at sustainability, since conscious students do not carry out environmental depredation practices, taking into account the need to understand environmental problems. The objective was to study the environmental perception of students from the 8th and 9th grade of Elementary School II at the State School of Elementary and High School (EMEF) Jorceli Silva Sestari, in Santana do Araguaia-PA, on environmental problems, with a view to instrumentalizations of environmental education. Through the descriptive-exploratory research methodology, with a quantitative approach carried out in the region of Pará, in the city of Santana do Araguaia. 252 questionnaires were applied to assess the perception of local environmental problems, so that it was found that the students were predominantly born in the researched city, and that they understand that local preservation is lacking since there are solid waste sources scattered throughout the city, lack landfill and natural places such as streams and native forests are in alert conditions. Thus, it was concluded that students understand the need to preserve the environment and carry out activities aimed at environmental education predominantly in local schools and churches.