Educação ambiental crítica e saúde ambiental no ensino médio: proposta de planos de aula

Abstract

Since the environment, by definition, is a physical and socio-environmental space for interaction, it is natural for man to act on it in different ways, with different purposes and with different intensity. Throughout this interaction, man changes his surroundings and leaves it changed. Historically, it becomes possible to affirm that, since the Industrial Revolution and with the intensification of capitalism, anthropocentrism and globalization, man has established, with dangerous frequency, a harmful predatory relationship with his environment, viewing it only as a repository of raw materials and is therefore responsible for a series of environmental impacts that threaten the sustainable and healthy existence of planet Earth and that urgently need to be examined. With this in mind, this dissertation aims to reflect in the light of critical environmental education on some of these environmental impacts and their consequences for human beings, especially their health. Specifically, it is proposed here to suggest and make available to high school teachers a proposal for lesson plans through which they can work thematically and methodologically with their students on some environmental issues in general and, more particularly, the issue of environmental impacts and how they interfere with human health. The research is qualitative and bibliographic in nature, with the hope of contributing to creating ecological subjects, who are critically and politically prepared to fight for sustainability and sustainable development.