Environmental Education and Physical Education: Successful Articulation in a Rural School in Uruguaiana-RS

Abstract

This is an Environmental Education (EA) research project based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations (UN) in its goal 12 - sustainable consumption and production partially developed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It took place at Dr. Crespo de Oliveira Municipal School of Basic Education (EMEB) in the municipality of Uruguaiana, participant of the Environmental Education Program of the Municipal Education Network (PEARME), extension project of the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA) - campus Uruguayan. EE is a necessary cross-cutting theme to be debated in this school located in the rural area, which experiences the positive and negative effects of agricultural production, its disposal and does not have selective collection in the municipality. The project was planned for eight Physical Education (PE) classes and articulated with the EA. The objectives are: to provide students in the final years with an understanding of the correct disposal of organic and dry products in the proper bins and to demonstrate care with the school's cleanliness, organization and aesthetics. This care is related to educating, with acting thinking about the relationships between living beings and the environments in which they live. Employees, professors and management team participated in the execution of the study. The results were partially achieved in a smaller number of classes, but the research showed the students' adherence to group work and care for the school. The relationship between PE and EE in the construction of knowledge in an integrated manner was evident.