Educadora ambiental: ações propositivas para sustentabilidade em escolas no município de Nossa Senhora do Socorro/SE

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the work of an environmental educator and investigates how the environmental education initiatives implemented by the Municipal Department of the Environment of Nossa Senhora do Socorro-SE (SEMMA) influence school behavior towards the natural environment. The research is based on the hypothesis that the Environmental Education promoted by SEMMA plays a significant role in changing actions and attitudes in the school context, favoring a positive attitudinal transformation. The study adopts a qualitative and quantitative descriptive approach, based on the method of "escrevivência" by Conceição Evaristo (1996) and the hypothetical-deductive method of Karl Popper (1975). The methodological procedures included a theoretical framework review, the characterization of the study area; comprising three municipal schools: Abelardo Pereira de Melo, José Teixeira da Cruz, and Professora Maria Rizonete Silva, the application of questionnaires to principals, coordinators, and teachers, semi-structured interviews with the manager and the environmental education coordinators of SEMMA, and questionnaires with 4th and 5th grade students. The data analysis showed that SEMMA plays a relevant role in promoting Environmental Education in the municipality. However, it was identified the need to strengthen a critical and decolonial approach, aiming for a more emancipatory education and sustainable.