Percepções de alunos da educação básica em relação aos impactos causados pelo descarte do óleo de cozinha no meio ambiente

Abstract

The environmental education is necessary to all level of schooling since the people become more consistent in their actions. This work aims to investigate the perception of basic education students about the environmental problem caused by the inadequate disposal of kitchen oil in nature, besides that, to develop a workshop to present as a sustainable alternative the manufacture of soap. As constitution instrument of data are used surveys before and after the workshop, after that, is developed data analysis based on Bardin methodology. The results show that despite the students have knowledge about the consequences of inappropriate oil kitchen disposal in the environment exist the lack of argumentation to explain how this fact can be harming the environment, for instance, the impact caused by them on soil, water and air. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance the actions and environmental activities with the students in order to develop the critical environmental education, argumentation potential and awarenessin the environment perspective. Furthermore, the workshop positive evaluation by students emphasizes the importance of environmental education in order to promote the interest and participation of them providing a greater knowledge about this theme.