Bruno Senna Corrêa

Environmental perception of students at "Colégio Maximus", Ouro Fino, MG

Environmental education is a long learning process, becoming, for that reason, a philosophy of life. It provides complete education of individuals, enabling them to find solutions for the current environmental crisis. The research on environmental perception (perceiving the environment in which one is inserted) was carried out with students from 6th to 9th grades at Maximus School, a private institution, in the city of Ouro Fino, State of Minas Gerais. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire of 20 questions developed by the Environmental Perception Study Group (NEPA). The introduction of environmental education in related topics in the different disciplines showed some efficiency on the exacerbation of environmental perception of the students, but the superficiality of how the environmental issues are addressed is DOI: 10.5935/2177-4560.20130014 50 Mark Alisson dos Santos, Leonardo Ribeiro Goes-Silva , Bruno Senna Correa Boletim do Observatorio Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ, v. 7 n. 2, p. 49-72, jul. / dez. 2013 visible. Therefore, it is necessary that educational institutions explore environmental issues in most school disciplines.

Percepção ambiental dos alunos do Colégio Maximus do município de Ouro Fino, MG

A educacao ambiental e um longo processo de aprendizagem, assim se tornando uma filosofia de vida, forma, integralmente, um individuo, a fim de auxiliar nas solucoes sobre a atual crise ambiental. A pesquisa sobre percepcao ambiental, ato de perceber o ambiente que se esta inserido foi realizado nos alunos dos ciclos Fundamental II e Medio do Colegio Maximus, instituicao particular, situada no municipio de Ouro Fino, Minas Gerais. A coleta dos dados foi realizada atraves de um questionario de 20 questoes desenvolvidas pelo Nucleo de Estudos de Percepcao Ambiental (NEPA). A introducao de temas ligados a educacao ambiental em disciplinas demonstrou certa eficiencia quanto a exacerbacao da percepcao ambiental dos alunos, porem e visivel a superficialidade da qual sao tratadas as questoes ambientais. E necessario,portanto, que as instituicoes de ensino explorem mais a tematica ambiental nas disciplinas.