Representações de meio ambiente e Educação Ambiental: um estudo com docentes de casas familiares rurais. Doi: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.6i2.0003

Este artigo resulta de pesquisa que teve por objetivo analisar as representacoes sociais de meio ambiente de docentes que atuam em Casas Familiares Rurais da regiao sudoeste do Parana. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se um instrumento composto de tres partes: a primeira concentrava dados de identificacao; a segunda continha questoes abertas centradas nas concepcoes dos docentes sobre desenvolvimento sustentavel, educacao e pedagogia da alternância; a terceira consistia numa questao de evocacao livre, tendo como termo indutor a expressao meio ambiente. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que a representacao social de meio ambiente dos sujeitos esta diretamente relacionada com o seu contexto de educadores do campo e com as mediacoes propiciadas pela conducao do trabalho pedagogico segundo o metodo da pedagogia da alternância. Foi identificada certa perspectiva de Educacao Ambiental que prioriza a mudanca de comportamento e de atitude das pessoas perante os problemas ambientais. Palavras-chave: Representacoes sociais. Meio ambiente. Educacao ambiental. Casa Familiar Rural. Abstract Representations of environment and Environmental Education: a study with teachers from rural family homes This paper results from a research aimed to analyse the social representations of environment held by teachers who work at Rural Family Homes located in the southwest of Parana, Brazil. The data were collected using an instrument composed of three parts: the first focused on identification data; the second contained open-ended questions focused on teachers' conceptions of sustainable development, education and pedagogy of alternation; the third consisted of a free-association question, based on the term environment. The results suggest that the social representation of environment held by the subjects is directly related with their work as rural educators and with the mediation provided by the pedagogy work being conducted according to the alternation pedagogy method. A certain perspective of environmental education that favours the change of people’s behaviour and attitude towards environmental issues could be identified. Keywords: Social representations. Environment. Environmental education. Rural Family Home.