ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION POLICIES: the reality of Parque and Floresta municipal schools in Santarém (PA), Brazil
Environment, Environmental Education, Environmental Education Policies, Municipal Park and Forest Schools.
The National Policy for Environmental Education - PNEA was instituted through Law No. 9.795 / 99, which established the obligation to disseminate Environmental Education (EA) in schools due to the improvement of the environment, concretizing the right acquired in the Federal Constitution of 1988, Art. 225, item VI. In the municipality of Santarém - PA, the creation of the Environmental Education Coordination in 2006, through the Municipal Education Secretariat, consisted of the implementation of the PNEA in the municipality, thus, two dissemination poles of Environmental Education - EA were founded: Escola Municipal da Floresta (2008) and Parque Municipal School (2010). Considering that schools are a reference in EE in the city of Santarém - PA, this study sought to answer the following question: How has the National Environmental Education Policy been developed in the Park and Forest schools? In this sense, the main objective of the research is to analyze the development of PNEA, Law 9.795 / 99, through the work of the Forest and Park schools, disseminating centers of Environmental Education in the municipal school system, in the municipality of Santarém (PA). The research was developed through the qualitative study, supported by the bibliographical research: literature survey about environment, environmental education and policies of Environmental Education - EA; documentary: PNEA and Municipal Education Plans of Santarém - PA (2004 - 2013 and 2015 - 2025); and field: semi-structured interviews with the following participants: 01 Manager / coordinator, 01 manager, 03 teachers and 02 educators. Data analysis was performed through Content Analysis. The data revealed the lack of articulation between the proposal of the National EA Policy in the Municipal Education Plans - SMEs analyzed, which demonstrated the fragility in the discussions in the process of construction of the referred SMEs. We observed the efforts of the polo schools to bring the work proposal to the other schools of the municipal school system, however it was found that after 2013 the school proposal underwent changes that began to interfere with the work objectives of the schools. Thus, it is appropriate to reflect and point out some ways to the public authority responsible for the development of environmental education in the school system, in this case, SEMED, for the need to expand environmental education activities in line with the PNEA.