A Descontinuidade e o esvaziamento da dimensão educativa das ações em educação ambiental realizadas na escola

Abstract

Human intervention in the environment, under the capitalist mode of production, is permeated by disputes for the appropriation of environmental heritage between human groups with different interests. In this model, environmental impacts are also social, political, ethical and economic - strengthening the thesis that it must be overcome. Thus, critical Environmental Education (AE) is a key element in addressing socio-environmental injustices, being the fundamental school in allowing the appropriation of human objectifications and the realization of continuous educational actions, characteristics that allow quality educational processes. In this sense, we aim to discuss the discontinuity and the emptying of the educational dimension of school AE. With data from studies by the Environmental Education Research Group (GPEA) at UNESP / Bauru / SP / Brazil, we observed that school AE tends to be punctual, with projects, campaigns, lectures, seminars and workshops, that is, it happens in a discontinuous and emptied of the educational dimension. In this scenario, we consider that EE should be a core theme in the curriculum, overcome conservatism, have a critical theoretical foundation and excel in the educational dimension. The proposed advance can generate the elements to elucidate the struggle for environmental appropriation and the dichotomy in society / nature relations, towards their overcoming and human emancipation.