Programa Vamos Cuidar do Brasil com Escolas Sustentáveis : análise de uma experiência na Escola Estadual Antonio Padilha no munícipio de Sorocaba-SP
Resumen
Considering that the construction of sustainable social practices are central goals to
guide the education of citizens in any learning context the Ministry of Education (MEC)
has prepared the Progran “Let’s take care of Brazil” with sustainable schools which
provides guidelines for the development of environmental education practices in
schools. To participate in this program the school must present an ongoing project,
addressing social and environmental issues in which the student is the subject of their
learning in order to reach a personal, collective, conscious and critical training. Thus,
among the objectives of this research are highlighted as follows: describe and analyze
the development of the Program proposed by Ministry of Education (MEC) “Let’s take
care of Brazil with sustainable schools / COM –VIDA” in school E.E. Antonio Padilha,
located in Sorocaba-SP between the years 2013 and 2014, describe and analyze the
practices developed by COM-VIDA and identify practices related to sustainability of
those involved in the project. The methodology that leads this research is the study of
qualitative case, as the case study focuses on a particular event revealing its
peculiarities. For data collection were used different methods such as document
analysis, participant observation, questionnaires and semi-structured interview.
The Project began timidly in 2013 with the realization of practices that motivated
students to participate in the IV National Children and Youth Conference for the
Environment and as a result, we have the first group of students who started actions of
environmental education at school. In 2014, such actions kept leading the construction
of the COM-VIDA, a discussion space on environmental issues, providing carrying out
actions to improve the quality of life and sustainability in the school environment. The
implementation of the program and the construction of the COM-VIDA, provided to
students of elementary school (6º to 9º years) practical experiences in environmental
education focused on sustainability. The workshops COM-VIDA, guided in education
for sustainability, the students had the opportunity to identify, discuss and propose
solutions to local environmental and social problems. Among these activities are the
awareness Project “Sustainability without being cliché” about the waste and proper
disposal of garbage with the implementation of selective collection in our school, and
growing food in the school garden. All activities were designed by the students
themselves are the main protagonists in this process. Through these experiences for
building theory knowledge about sustainability, it has been built their environmental
identities. The move COM-VIDA has made the theme enter therein in the school
environment both by students and by the managment staff causing small changes in
individual and collective attitudes of the entire school community.