The perception of the environment and Environmental Education in the teaching practice of teachers of the rural municipal schools of Morrinhos, GO

Abstract The present study aimed to analyze the perception of teachers of Kindergarten and Elementary School of rural municipal schools in Morrinhos, GO, about the Environment and Environmental Education, namely: Municipal School Vereador Deusdete Damacena, Municipal School Lindolfo Alves Pinto, and Municipal School José Cândido da Silva. As it is a research that involves the subject’s perception, we opted for the case study with the use of a qualitative approach for data analysis. In all schools, questionnaires with semi-structured questions were applied to the seven teachers participating in the research, related to environmental issues. We clarify that this study stems from our concern to rethink the relationship between man and nature, as well as the conceptions of development, progress, and growth imposed by the capitalist economic model and how Environmental Education (EE) is being worked on in rural schools. The most important results show that the school is one of the main places to promote changes in behavior when working with different environmental knowledge; however, many challenges in working with EE still need to be overcome, starting with teacher training. Most of the research subjects still have a reductionist, naturalized, and anthropocentric view, both concerning the environment and Environmental Education.

摘要：本研究旨在分析巴西戈亚斯州莫林纽什市农村市立幼儿园及小学教师对环境与环境教育的认知，涉及的调研学校包括德乌斯德特·达马塞纳议员市立学校、林多尔福·阿尔维斯·平托市立学校与何塞·坎迪多·达席尔瓦市立学校。鉴于本研究围绕研究对象的认知展开，我们采用质性研究范式下的个案研究设计开展数据分析。本次研究共向参与调研的7名教师发放了涵盖各类环境议题的半结构化问卷。需说明的是，本研究源于我们对重塑人与自然关系的关切，同时也关注资本主义经济模式所强加的发展、进步与增长观念，以及农村学校中环境教育（Environmental Education, EE）的实践现状。核心研究结果显示，在传授多元环境知识的过程中，学校是推动行为转变的核心场域之一；但当前环境教育开展仍面临诸多亟待攻克的挑战，其中教师培训体系的完善首当其冲。多数调研对象对环境及环境教育仍持还原论、自然化倾向及人类中心主义的认知视角。