Estudo de Caso do Programa de Educação Ambiental Fruto da Terra: a pedagogia de projetos como estratégia para a educação ambiental crítica

Abstract

The research reported here is a case study of the Environmental Education Program - Fruits of the Earth, whose main focuses are the pedagogy of projects and the construction of a critical environmental education process. Strategies for the teacher training and teaching-learning processes developed by the Program were analyzed in 17 schools, from 1st to 5th year of basic education in public schools of Atibaia - SP, from 2003 to 2008. Such strategies included teacher training courses, Municipal Environmental Education Meetings, monthly study meetings and training with educational coordinators from the 17 schools involved, and regular studies carried out by these coordinators with their teachers' team, in periods of Collective Pedagogical Work (HTPC). As a method of teaching-learning process and an instrument of critical environmental education, the program option was the pedagogy of projects. The period analyzed showed transformation of the educational process developed by many educators and implementation of contextualized and non-disciplinary educational practices, thus contributing to the development of participatory agents.