EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL POR MEIO DE TRILHAS ECOLÓGICAS INTERPRETATIVAS COM ALUNOS NEEs

Abstract

This study aims to improve the interaction of students with Special Educational Needs (Nees), with the environment, providing their involvement in recreational activities in order to improve their relation with the environment around them. The project was developed at the Municipal School of Special Education Snow White - APAE Erechim / RS from August 2009 to July 2011. We used the trails as a basic instrument to promote a process of learning and awareness on issues related to environment and conservation of natural areas linked to social inclusion. Also sought to create opportunities to experience nature in a better cognitive development. Along the trail self-guided, were focused on different biotic and abiotic factors and their interrelationships in the ecosystem, highlighting the importance of Araucaria forest and riparian vegetation to protect the existing stream in the area. The activities were held in small groups, distributed according to the mental age of the target audience, and organized with concrete materials. The records of these activities, individuals Nees were in the form of: drawings, paintings, collage, modeling, speaking, singing and drama. The use of trails as an educational tool for environmental education in APAE Erechim, provided a closer approximation of pupils with Special Educational Needs (Nees) with the natural environment and their own colleagues, thereby contributing to the development of affective and emotional same, allowing the realization of a dynamic environmental education process. Environmental education for a person with some kind of special need have the same goals and should follow the principles of inclusive education, ie teaching fit the reality of the student, providing him a better understanding of the issues discussed and their relationship with the social context in which they live. You can see that in outdoor activities with the students Nees interact with the environment in a positive way, because this site are eliminated and the physical barriers of communication. It is concluded that the tracks due to its interdisciplinary nature, allow gains the most varied areas of knowledge and it is very important for the formation of students.