Educação Ambiental: uma ação para conscientização de alunos de duas escolas da zona rural de Uberlândia-MGg sobre proteção e qualidade da água

Abstract

The Environmental Education is an essential instrument to transfer both technology and sustainability. This work aimed to evaluate environmental education in two rural schools in the city of Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais. The research participants took place throughout 2016, according to their availability. A set of methodological tests was applied, based on the "water" theme, which allowed the process of simultaneous sensitization on the data collection. Based on the information reported by the managers of the rural schools investigated, using the tools the application of pedagogical strategies substantiated on the action-research participatory and the development of didactic activities such as: (a) collage and painting; (b) murals constructions; (c) question and answer games; (d) Information slides and; (e) Educational videos. In addition, as an additional activity, an educational booklet developed regarding the themes presented, in order to provide teachers with an alternative material to strengthen the knowledge assimilated during the interventions. The activities addressed in their articles had as themes: uses and importance of water, contamination and diseases of the water. The analysis of the results revealed that the actions in Environmental Education allowed the sensitization of the majority the students, since the children were very participative and liked to carry out-group work. In addition, it was observed that motivational didactic approaches are essential tools in students' understanding of the water problem present in much of the world and even in Brazil. However, the teachers must continuously work these approaches in the classroom, in order to ensure the effectiveness of Environmental Education.