Interdisciplinary environmental education workshops: the development of environmental awareness in students of elementary education final years
Environmental Education has the function of forming critical citizens, changing their behaviors
and perceptions in relation to the environment. One way, which makes the development of
Environmental Education easier in the classroom, is the use of didactic workshops. The question
that this study sought to investigate was: how do the workshops on Environmental Education
collaborate for the critical training of students? The objective of the research was to stimulate the
development of environmental awareness among students from two classes of the 6th year of
Elementary Education on Environmental Education using interdisciplinary workshops. The
research carried out was of the qualitative type, developed in a public school in the state of
Alagoas. The dissertation project was submitted to and approved by the Research Ethics
Committee. Data collection took place through the application of a diagnostic test and one of
acquired knowledge, for the recognition of the students' previous knowledge and constructed after
the application of the workshops. The data obtained were analyzed by frequency of responses and
by categorization. The results showed that the students have previous knowledge about
Environmental Education and the workshops helped in the construction and improvement of
knowledge, but still have difficulty in talking and understanding about the subject, emphasizing
the importance of working with Environmental Education at school. The Educational Product is
also presented, entitled “Interdisciplinary workshops for environmental awareness”, which aims
to provide support for Science / Biology teachers to work on the Environment theme through
interdisciplinary workshops.