Oficina EtnoeducAtiva: uma proposta interdisciplinar de sensibilização socioambiental em área costeira

The term Ethno means how local groups see the world. The present article aims to present the outcome proposed by the environmental education workshop entitled E thoeduc A tiva, as a strategy for environmental education and acknowledgement of the traditional local community. The first stage of the study, which had an ethnobiological character, was held from March to June 2017, by applying thirty-one semi-structured interviews with the fishermen and shellfisheries of Arembepe. For the data analysis it was used the content analysis, which allowed the data interpretation. With the partial result of the research, it was held an experimental workshop with students of the eighth grade of a high school, which was within the study area designated E thoeduc A tiva - stage II. Initially, the workshop developed through an interdisciplinary proposal between the school subjects of natural sciences and Portuguese language. As a result of the reflection upon the data found in the interviews, a Cordel text was produced. The E thoeduc A tiva workshop allowed the association of traditional knowledge with the educational training of students in formal educational spaces. Strategies that encourage the elaboration of Cordeis or any other product should be stimulated, particularly in countries which have such a diverse natural and cultural heritage as Brazil. In that regard, it is aimed the development of the know how to take care of the environment and the valorization of traditional communities at the local level, with reflections and actions for social and environmental issues in a global perspective.