The teaching of History and environmental education:

a study from the collection of textbooks for the Early Years of Elementary School

Abstract

The objective of this research is to evaluate the implementation of the official proposals on environmental education in the textbooks of the History curriculum component in the early years of elementary school. To this end, the four books of the Ápis collection published in 2017 by Editora Ática are used. Based on the didactic material, the approximations and distances between the proposals of the Common National Curriculum Base, Law No. 9,795 / 1999 and the National Curricular Guidelines for Environmental Education (2012) are established. The textbook is understood as a relevant source, as it manifests school knowledge and the relationship between State, school and university. The qualitative analysis focused on the instrumental and documentary functions of books. It is concluded that the themes include aspects of the legislation and include relevant issues of Environmental Education recommended by the National Curriculum Guidelines for Environmental Education. However, in some subjects, especially related to the environment and ethnic-cultural diversity, the material expresses a stereotyped view. There was also an absence of historical discussions about environmental changes and relations with different contexts.