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（Environmental Education，简称EE）的认知，调研覆盖的学校包括德乌斯德特·达马塞纳市立学校、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。鉴于本研究聚焦于研究对象的认知视角，我们采用案例研究法，并以质性分析方法开展数据分析。本次研究共有7名教师参与，我们向其发放针对环境议题的半结构化问卷，覆盖全部参与调研的市立学校。需明确，本研究源于我们对重新审视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的开展现状。核心研究结果表明：在传播多元环境知识的实践中，学校是推动行为转变的核心场域之一；但当前环境教育的推进仍存在诸多亟待攻克的挑战，其中教师培训体系的完善是首要亟待解决的问题。多数研究对象对环境及环境教育的认知仍带有还原论、自然化及人类中心主义的偏向。