Os princípios da Agroecologia na educação: estudo de caso no Centro Municipal de Educação Agroecológica “Artur Pagung”, Vila Pavão (ES)

Abstract

Agroecology is an approach that materializes in practice through alternative production systems. In this context, the school can be cited as an excellent place to build knowledge about sustainability. The objective of this research is to analyze the senses and the educational principles of agroecology experienced in the Municipal Center of Agroecological Education "Artur Pagung", Vila Pavão (ES). For that, a case study was used, with a view to analyze the educational praxis of the Municipal Center of Agroecological Education "Artur Pagung", from March to November 2018 with the students regularly enrolled in Elementary School Final Series (6th to 9th year), with teachers and school staff. Data collection was performed with participant observation, since the researcher is part of the work team of the research institution. A field diary was used as an aid, in which the considerations concerning the research were recorded, observing daily school life, classes in the subjects of Mathematics, Portuguese Language, Sciences and Arts of Agriculture, Environmental Education Project; everyday practical actions at school; as well as interpersonal relationships through cooperation. The documentary analysis was used to make possible the understanding of the path taken in the construction of the current reality of the researched institution, as well as its positioning before the insertion of the socioenvironmental questions in it. Allied to observation and analysis of documents, interviews were conducted using different questionnaires for students and teachers. The Pedagogical Proposal of the school works with generative theme methodology related to local reality and adds disciplines that contemplate teaching about the importance of environmental preservation and agroecological practices, since most of its students come from the rural area and survive with the income obtained from the fruits produced in the properties of their families. The new approach to agriculture has been developed, and this approach is set in the science of agroecology. The category agroecology is absent from the course plan of the subjects, nevertheless it has been much requested in the daily school dimension as a pedagogical practice that should be perfected by the teachers in their analytical-reflective dimension.