Estudo da educação ambiental nas famílias no Bairro de Aeroporto A

Abstract

This monograph deals of environmental education in family. It is a qualitative and exploratory research following a descriptive paradigm, in which we described the Environmental Education (EE) held in households in the Airport Neighborhood, block 4. The study focused three data collection techniques, including document analysis, observation and semi -structured interview. We interviewed a total of three families living in that neighborhood, chosen by non-probability sampling intentional. Families have different composition and profile, their aim was to learn about the environmental practices carried out, which were grouped into three themes, namely: environmental education in families, environmental condition of the airport community "A" and the strategies to improve environmental condition neighborhood, proposed by interviewees. Although differently among families , occurring in accordance with the cultural and social values of the same conditions , environmental education happens in the family taking the kind of non- formal and informal education, triggered by parents, medium and by society in general . However , the study was observed that environmental education triggered by families in particular and society in general , is not imbued with scientific basis , but , of customary practices handed down from generation to generation. It also point out that this environmental education is carried out at local level without a direct connection with other social spheres. In this context, it proposes that environmental education held in the family has repercussions outside the family, where family members to understand the need to maintain the environmental balance within the family understand and execute actions that contribute to the maintenance of the environment in local community in particular and the world in general.