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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
Environmental Education: Historical Aspects and the Scarce Approach to
the Theme at School
Rosangela Silveira da Rosa, Gilmara Cristina Back, Maria Arlete Rosa
(Universidade Tuiuti Do Paraná-Utp, Brazil)
Abstract: This research aims to present historical aspects of environmental education in Brazil, as well as to discuss the scarce approach of the theme at school, since preserving the environment should be a topic for discussion in all disciplines of the school curriculum. In this thought, it was observed that in the pedagogical practices of elementary education, especially in Mathematics, little is said about the subject and no effort is made to problematize the debates about the theme, neither occur investments in lectures or training courses for educators of the various disciplines. It is assumed that man and nature relations demand new perspectives for the maintenance of life on Earth. Thus, environmental education as the foundation of human formation, is extremely necessary. This article indicates elements for the process of reflection on the relevance of environmental education in all phases of schooling since the disastrous impacts that represent the environmental transformations that are taking place on the planet are related to the development of the various human activities from unsustainable forms of exploitation, degradation and environmental pollution in the use of natural resources. This research considers the qualitative approach in the bibliographical references used to base the research, as well as, presents a proposal to carry out environmental education in the Mathematics discipline through the use of an audiovisual resource. The conclusions point to the need to insert environmental education in all disciplines of the school curriculum, while the need for inclusion policies and teacher training to carry out this practice emerge.
Key words: mathematics teaching, environmental preservation, chaos theory
