EDUCAÇÃO SOCIOAMBIENTAL: PERCEPÇÃO DOS ESTUDANTES DA EJA EM INSTITUIÇÃO DE ENSINO FEDERAL

Abstract

Enabling understanding of environmental issues today can be an important educational activity. Subjects involving this theme need to be expanded to all audiences, especially those in youth and adult education (EJA), in order to better contextualize and disseminate in students a more critical and participatory conception of the issues that interfere with everyone's quality of life. . Thus, this work aimed to identify the interest and knowledge of EJA students on environmental issues at home and at school. The research was an exploratory study, of the action-research and bibliographic type, with a descriptive character and a qualitative approach. It was developed with students from EJA, a technical course in administration, and consisted of applying a questionnaire via Google Forms that consisted of 30 questions involving social issues, environmental actions, knowledge about environmental education and participation of the institution for student interaction in the theme. Respondents were mostly women and aged between 18 and 25 years. Of the survey participants, 74% prioritize means that reduce the accumulation of garbage, pollution and the abusive use of natural resources; 84% consider it necessary to discuss environmental education and; for the school environment, it was noticeable that the environmental theme was expanded and the students were included in local projects, which could be worked on in an interdisciplinary way. In view of this, it became necessary to understand the perception of the environmental theme for the EJA public and thus enable attitudes with more sustainable and conscious actions in the home and school environment.