Teacher profile and the use of environmental education in rural schools in São Caetano de Odivelas (Pará, Brazil)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyse the profile of teachers and the aspects of the environmental education in rural schools in the municipality of São Caetano de Odivelas, state of Pará, Brazil. To achieve this objective, an online questionnaire was digitized and made available to teachers who work in schools in the countryside of the municipality. The research was qualitative-quantitative, it took place between the years 2020 to 2021, carried out with 20 teachers from 10 schools in the field. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. We identified that the majority (60%) of teachers are women with age between 21 and 30 years (65%). We noticed that they have Degree in Portuguese language and Geography (50%), with Lato Sensu Post-graduation (75%). We observed that they have on average of 4 years of experience in rural education and teach more than one curricular component, in up to two schools (50%). We detected that the main pedagogical material used for teaching environmental education is the textbook (60%). We emphasize to they work the environmental education in a minimal and isolated way to diversify classes. They also confirm that the methodology used with the students is the bibliographic research. In conclusion, there is a deficit of dissemination of environmental education by teachers in rural schools of state of Pará, Brazil.

Keywords

• amazon
• environment
• interdisciplinarity
• curriculum
• learning.