Um olhar sobre a educação ambiental: análise dos manuais do 5º ano adotados nas escolas públicas de Pernambuco

Abstract

In order to evaluate the contribution of textbooks in the disciplines of History, Portuguese Language, Geography and Science for the construction of the objectives proposed by the Law n. º 9.795/99 and other documents of the Ministries of Environment an d Education, related to environmental education, we proceeded to qualitative research, built with the assistance of knowledge presented in the state of the art, regarding the concept and the importance of environmental education, the preparation of the boo ks in the National Textbook Program, in Brazil, as well as the careful use of methods, techniques and other procedures. From the initial analysis of the contents of books, the first category of analysis was Nature, with subcategories related to physical, c hemical and biological elements, sustainable development and environmental imbalance. The three other categories were Citizenship, Ethics and Law. From the reading of each book, we proceeded to the classification of content covered in the categories, which resulted in seven comparative charts, which served as the basis for writing the results and discussion. It was identified that the texts presented in all analyzed textbooks kept emphasis on informative nature, rather than explanations that would enable st udents to understand and discuss the causes and consequences of behaviors that disregard the precepts of environmental consciousness, the resting responsible for triggering such contextualization exclusively to teachers. Additionally, we identified misuse of the Portuguese language and inappropriateness of the illustrations, for not keeping relationship with the textual content. Finally we considered that these books were primary and insufficient to meet the goals of environmental education

Date of Award	2014
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)