Environmental Education as a transversal theme from the perspective of rural school teachers in Wanderlândia, State of Tocantins, Brazil

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the concept of Environment Education (EE) as a transversal theme from the perspective of rural school teachers; understand the relationship between content and contextualization in the student’s daily life, establishing connections with meaningful learning in the vision of David Paul Ausubel and Paulo Freire; describe the spaces used by teachers and applied methodologies related to EE in the context of a rural school in Wanderlândia, state of Tocantins Brazil. We carried an exploratory qualitative research in the form of a case study, with the application of a questionnaire to teachers. The methodology was based on content analysis. The deficiency in physical and pedagogical structures are the main obstacles faced when implementing Environmental Education activities in rural schools.