Educação Ambiental no Bioma Caatinga: formação continuada de professores de escolas públicas de São João do Cariri, Paraíba

Abstract

Environmental education can provide a new perception in the relations between man and nature, as well as enhance the necessity for men to act as citizens in the search for solutions for local and regional problems. The objective of this research was to promote strategies for continuing teacher education taking as a guiding axis the Caatinga biome and the environmental problems of the Taperoá River. The activities are being developed with 42 teachers, in monthly intervals (November 2006-April 2009) in three different schools in the city of São João do Cariri - Paraíba. This is a qualitative (ethnographic and phenomenological) research in which different theoretical, practical and instrumental actions have been developed, such as: analysis of teachers' conceptions of Environment and Environmental Education; eco-educational workshops; discussions and recreational activities; studies of the environment; scientific and cultural exhibitions. From the actions developed so far with the educators it was possible to realize that most of them have been acting in an inter-transdisciplinary way, referring to and discussing the problems related to Caatinga in their disciplines.