51. EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL EMANCIPATÓRIA NA ESCOLA: POSSIBILIDADES DA PRÁTICA EDUCATIVA DOCENTE.
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BENTO, Izabela Carvalho and THOMAZI, Áurea Regina Guimarães
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ENVIRONMENTAL education , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *FACTORS of production , *PEDAGOGICAL content knowledge , *MANAGEMENT science , *ELEMENTARY schools , *SECONDARY schools - Abstract
This research intended to know how is made the process of environmental education in a school's context, supported by *Instituto Terra*, located in the city of Aimorés, state of Minas Gerais, analyzing the possibilities of this pedagogical practice. Environmental education is a transversal theme that must be present in all subjects of High School and Elementary School, due to the situation that our environment is, mainly in the present days, beginning of XXI century. This subject became important because it provides the teachers support to work with the students about how to deal with environmental issues in a more participative, critical and conscious way, with the intention to slow down the destruction of our natural resources and protect more the nature, including the human being itself, and its quality of life. As a result of a research, this study propose to present the work developed by *Instituto Terra* with state schools in the city of Aimorés, as a successful case regarding environmental education, demonstrating that is possible to change a local natural reality with strong and present environmental teaching in school's context, in which the student is more dynamic, critic and participative in his behavior towards the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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