Abstract:
This study focus on the Environmental Education Sub-program of Picinguaba Nucleus of the Serra do Mar State Park. We performed participative observations of the public using activities with university students, using a preview guide and field notes. Data collection was conducted considering the parameters related to the dimensions of knowledge, ethical and aesthetic values and political participation. We analyzed data according to the different tendencies of environmental education. As results, we found a predominance of the critical tendency of environmental education in the most of analyzed parameters. In relation to political participation, we noticed that many topics that could have been addressed were silent. Nevertheless, we identified a high potential of the protected areas to develop critical, reflexive and dialogical environmental education actions.
Keywords:
Enviromental education; Conservation unit; Protected area; Parque Estadual Serra do Mar