Percepções sobre a temática ambiental e o processo educativo de professores que atuam em uma escola do campo no Sul de Minas Gerais

Abstract

This study portrays the understandings about the environmental theme and the educational process of four teachers who work in a rural school, associated with the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), located in southeastern Minas Gerais. The methodology used to carry out this research is qualitative and characterized as a case study. Data collection was done through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. It was based on the Content Analysis model, according to Bardin (2017), to analyze the results obtained, following the steps: pre-analysis; exploration of the material; categorization; treatment of results; and final analysis. With these results, it can be evidenced that these four teachers develop the environmental theme in their classes, through specific activities or extra-class work, such as projects, which can be internal, interdisciplinary and / or in partnership with movement employees, despite the difficulties they face, often intensified by the lack of adequate training and lack of external support to rural schools. In addition, it is clear that the Environmental Education held at the MST school faces dilemmas similar to those of an urban school. The analyzes also point out that the industrial production model has been one of the main environmental problems faced by them, and should be taken to school, considering the environment in which their students are inserted. Therefore, it is emphasized that such practices involving the environmental theme and the educational process have been discussed by the MST education sector, for a more just and egalitarian consolidation, whose construction involves the interaction between nature and the human being.