The teaching of environmental education proposed by joseph cornell: an experience in basic education

Environmental education is an educational action that helps to contribute to the formation of citizens aware of the preservation of the environment by turning them into critical beings on social and environmental issues. The objective of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of the methodology proposed by Joseph Cornell in the teaching of sciences from the experiences and experiences in the rural school space. A descriptive exploratory research was carried out with a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 100 students from a public school in the rural area of the municipality of Parnaíba. It was verified that 80% have knowledge about environmental education, 81% know about the importance of environmental education for the environment, 63% understand environmental education, but little, 51% do not benefit from technological resources in the classroom, 41% do not develop 85% suggested using new teaching methodologies for the classes taught in science, 76% considered the methodology used in the classroom by the teachers satisfactory, 50% would like to diversify the class, participating in a field class, 49% today consider the methodology applied by the teacher and / or school as optimal. It was verified that the methodologies currently applied in the classroom are neither sufficient nor effective in order to contribute to the training of students, and it is necessary to carry out some educational actions with the teaching staff.