Critical-emancipatory environmental education and the understanding of the campaign against aedes aegypti Mosquito in Brazil

Abstract

The dengue epidemic situation in Brazil led to the formation of a action research community in a public elementary school in the Federal District. The objective was to analyze the conceptions and methodologies of dengue control adopted by official national campaigns. The research adopted the steps of the cyclical spiral of educational action research and totaled ten interconnected actions that were carried out in the school. The moments of construction and reconstruction experienced led the school community to assimilate the principles of Environmental Education in the Belgrade Charter. It was concluded that the ideology of exclusive combat to Aedes aegypti diffused by the Brazilian official campaigns to combat dengue leads to insufficient knowledge and misconceptions about the disease cycle and possible preventive measures. A series of recommendations for modifying public policies were produced within the school community, evidencing their appropriation of scientific knowledge and empowerment.