The objective of the present article is to present some authors who emphasize the utilization of field-based activities, performed in out-of-the-class contexts, here called studies of the environment, placing them, critically, in context, as a possible contribution vis-à-vis the crisis of perception we are facing today. While it is not restricted solely to the schooling community or to the formal teaching, it is as a didactical resource that the study of the means is valued, owing to the outstanding results - since it applies quality to - in the teaching-learning, interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships. The perception on the day-to-day, the social, cultural and historical reality of the physical and natural environment was and still is crucial to the process of formation of the independent and committed citizen; and it must be a constant practice guiding societies in the era of knowledge, towards construction of knowledge for socio-environmental sustainability and quality of life improvement.
Teaching-learning; Environmental education; Perception; Studies of the environment