Educação ambiental crítica em espaços formais: um estudo sobre o uso do cinema ambiental nas escolas públicas municipais de Dourados/MS

Abstract

In the present study, we sought to verify the use, or not, of environmental cinema as an instrument for the promotion of critical environmental education in municipal public schools in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul. The research problem lies in the following questions: is environmental cinema used as a tool to promote critical environmental education? How has environmental education developed in municipal schools in Dourados? From the research problem, the investigation was directed through the delimitation of the following objectives: a) to investigate the conception/perception of directors, coordinators and teachers about environmental education; b) investigate the insertion of environmental education focusing on the critical bias and c) investigate the use of environmental cinema in the promotion of environmental education. This research used a qualitative approach and was developed in 45 (forty-five) municipal schools located in the city of Dourados, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, through semi-structured interviews with the objective of verifying the use of cinema as a instrument of critical environmental education in schools. At the end of data collection, all information was analyzed based on theoretical references such as Genebaldo Dias, Paulo Freire, Isabel Carvalho, Carlos Loureiro, Marcos Napolitano, Philippe Pomier Layrargues, Frijot Capra, Adriano Figueiro, Moacir Gadotti, Philippe Le Preste, Elisabeth Ramos and systematized through figures. The research allowed us to conclude that cinema is not used in an interdisciplinary way, that is, using the film's plot as a "generative theme" for possible debates and problematization of the situations exposed on screen, but only as a secondary resource, it was still possible to conclude that it is necessary to implement and promote environmental education from a critical, emancipatory and transforming perspective in municipal schools in Dourados/MS, using films as promoters and generators of debates that problematize the current environmental situation.