ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND WATER: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INFORMATION AS A PEDAGOGIC TOOL IN CHILDREN EDUCATION AND INITIAL GRADES

Authors

  • Berenice Gehlen ADAMS APOEMA – Educação Ambiental
  • Elma Fernanda Gehlen ADAMS APOEMA – Educação Ambiental

Keywords:

Água. Educação Ambiental. Recursos Pedagógicos. Sensibilização. Percepção Ambiental. Preservação.

Abstract

The present paper intends to be a referential for the accomplish of environmental education projects related to the subject water, therefore many educators do not have access to an information set for the improvement and/or development of educational projects. It is determined to give subsidies and incentive the creation of educational projects connected to environmental awareness focusing on the theme water through a bibliographic study which gathers important statistic information and texts for didactic support besides pedagogic approaches about environmental perception. It is driven to teachers, for the environmental education basis when related to water. The article presents the trajectory of environmental education, important notes about children's environmental perception with didactic suggestions, bringing relevant information about water as its distribution on the planet and ways of utilization, encouraging studies which approach watersheds. Key words: Water. Environmental Education. Learning Resourses. Awareness. Environmental Perception. Preservation. OLAM – Ciência & Tecnologia, Rio Claro, SP, Brasil – eISSN: 1982-7784 Rio Claro / SP, Brasil Ano VIII, Vol. 8, N.3, Julho – Dezembro / 2008 – RESUMOS

Author Biographies

  • Berenice Gehlen ADAMS, APOEMA – Educação Ambiental
    Coordenadora pedagógica do Projeto Apoema – Educação Ambiental. Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
  • Elma Fernanda Gehlen ADAMS, APOEMA – Educação Ambiental
    Estagiária do Curso de Turismo do Centro Universitário Feevale e Coordenadora auxiliar de Projetos e Programas do Projeto Apoema – Educação Ambiental. Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

Published

2009-02-28