Environmental Education at Public High School of Itacoatiara City - AM

Abstract

The idea of sustainability in the Brazilian Agenda 21 requires governments and institutions to be attentive to good planning and formation of alliances in the performance of actions, should seek a better quality of life for the population. Thus, the objective was to understand the importance of the teaching practice focused on Environmental Education, in an interdisciplinary and contextualized way, in public high schools in the municipality of Itacoatiara - AM. This is a bibliographical and descriptive documentary research. Data were collected in the secretariats of three state public schools, a group of 35 senior students were asked to formulate and discuss issues involving topics of different subjects. It was found that only 5% of the students showed the interest aroused by teachers and local society for subjects such as Agenda 21 and related. However, 80% of them have been very interested in developing current issues such as those mentioned in Agenda 21. The rest seem to have no safe direction on the news they want to seize. There was also an opening of the high school students of the municipality to access issues pertinent to Agenda 21.