Contribuição da geografia para educação ambiental um estudo no ensino médio

Abstract

Environmental education, according to Brazilian legislation, must be developed in all disciplines of Basic Education. Based on qualitative research, a case study type, we sought to answer the following guiding questions: what is the importance of the geography discipline for teaching environmental education, both in practice and theory in high school? How do the knowledge acquired in elementary school help in the approach of environmental education in high school?The general objective was to analyze how environmental issues are worked on in the context of Geography, in High School, identifying the articulations between the Geography discipline and environmental education. The specific objectives were: to review the literature in official documents on Environmental Education: National Curricular Guidelines (DCNEA), National Common Curricular Base (BNCC) and National Curricular Parameters (PNC), teaching of Geography in High School; to historicize the policies on environmental education and teaching of Geography; to analyze how the school in High School promotes environmental education, aiming to recognize the perceptions and practices of current environmental education. The results of this research are to understand aspects of the development of student learning in environmental education. It is worth noting that the BNCC and the PNC organize the contents and pedagogical guidelines in learning axes according to the school level, determining which are the relevant subjects that need to be learned by students according to the level of schooling in which they are