Conceptions and practices in environmental education of combat agents of endemias in the municipality of novo hamburgo/rs

Abstract

This study presents the conceptions and practices of Agents of Combat to Endemias in the municipality of Novo Hamburgo / RS. As well as reflections about those, with the objective of reviewing the methodology of the work done, from the point of view of Environmental Education (EA) critical, contributing to innovation and updating of the National Program to Combat Dengue - PNCD. It is a qualitative research, using participatory methodologies, using as reference the critical EA described by Marcos Reigota, Philippe Pomier Layragues and Mauro Guimarães. The research had as central question if the Agents of Endemias Fight of the municipality of Novo Hamburgo develop their work in the perspective of the critical EA. The results showed that most of the agents present a conception of anthropocentric and naturalistic environment, which makes it difficult to perform actions in the sense of critical EA. After conferences and discussions about the fundamentals of EA, some changes in the way of work were suggested, such as network actions between the different policies in the municipality, as well as clues for a review of the actions of the National Program to Combat Dengue that lead to its development in the perspective of a critical AE, with results in the more satisfactory Aedes aegypti.