Biodiversity School:

good practices on Environmental Education at the Vila Museum, Luís Correia, Piauí, Brazil

Abstract

This paper presents educational actions with seven-year-old children at Biodiversity School at the Environmental Protection Area at Parnaíba Delta located in an artisanal fishing neighborhood called Coqueiro da Praia. Which is part of a larger cultural project called Educative and Cultural Program of Vila Museum. This is a territory museum, a cultural equipment based on community values. The developed actions aimed to contribute at the construction of values, knowledge, abilities, attitudes and competences for the preservation of the natural environment. The methodological framework adopted was qualitative approach of the participatory-action-research type, carried out from workshops on environmental and patrimonial education, allied to the artistic-cultural skills of the children involved. It was found that the Environmental Education enables changes in attitudes, since it raises awareness among subjects, encouraging them to engage in collective processes.