Environmental education and interdisciplinarity with distance education methodology in the technical course in legal services of the federal institute of education, science and technology of Piauí – Brazil

The objective of this research was to analyze interdisciplinary teaching / learning strategies from the socio environmental perspective in the technical course in Legal Services of the Federal Institute of the State of Piauí, Brazil. This is a qualitative investigation. As data collection instruments were used aquestionnaire applied to 182 students and an interview with eight teacher tutors from the Legal Services technician training course. It is concluded that interdisciplinary practices require actions that promote greater qualification of the actors involved in the process. The results indicate that these environmental practices should directly impact the curricular matrix. The students understand that the Environmental Education should be developed in the collaboration of the construction of a global awareness of the issues related to the environment and this perception is in accordance with what establishes the national curricular parameters for the training of these professionals. The students affirmed the possibility of insertion of the environmental education in the curricular scope through the obligatory curricular stages or not. The majority of teachers interviewed, agree that it is essential to develop teaching / learning strategies from interdisciplinary projects as an integrative methodology between the practice and theories developed in a virtual or face-to-face classroom.