Ambiente marinho: percepção ambiental dos estudantes do ensino fundamental II de uma escola pública do sertão de Pernambuco

Abstract

The studies focused on the understanding of environmental perception among students are indispensable, since they enable the researcher to understand how the student perceives the environment, as well as serve to convey information about its operation. The present study aimed to evaluate the marine environmental perception of Junior High School students (6th to 9th grade) of a public state school in Serra Talhada's county, PE, using the techniques of children's graphics. Data collection took place in November and December 2017, with 44 Junior High School students (6th to 9th grade), enrolled in a state public school, located in Serra Talhada's county, PE. The methodological procedure consisted of three stages: 1. Performing children's artwork; 2. Educational action "lecture"; 3. New realization of children's drawings. The marine environmental perception of the evaluated students in Serra Talhada-PE is Naturalistic / Naturalizing and Globalizing / Integrated this reflects a vision of the untouched nature and even if the man is in this environmental scenario his participation must be based on environmental sustainability. The geographical position of the municipality of Serra Talhada-PE seems to influence the marine environmental perception of the evaluated students who see the sea only with its natural faunistic and floristic aspects as if they were in a parallel world in a decontextualized reality and when coming in contact with the information of this one project began to perceive a reality previously unknown and to demonstrate through the children's drawing the participation of man in a sustainable way, as well as his anthropogenic actions. The educational lecture about the marine environment promoted after the elaboration of the first drawings, without any previous contact or supply of any information on oceanography given in this project, made understand the marine universe of the students and from this, to improve their knowledge, since only after the second drawings could be seen as future agents multiplying environmental sustainability. However, it is essential to emphasize from experience that research with environmental perception needs to aggregate several instruments of data collection in order to perceive, understand and feel the relationships that human beings have with the environment.