Abstract:

The objective of this research was to contribute to teacher training through the development and implementation of a Syntropic Environmental Education Program (SEE) in a municipal school in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. SEE is understood as a socio-environmental educational process for transforming the relationship: human beings, nature and society. Syntropy can be understood as a principle of convergence and organization of the living system, which is reflected in care, aiming at collective well-being, good living and love of life. Its bases, in this research, are practiced through teaching environmental and emotional health, food and nutritional security and sovereignty and encouraging volunteerism and citizen awareness. To this end, action research was used, which included analysis of the context, process and future perspectives involving, firstly, the analysis of the school's political pedagogical project, the educational context, the development of educational practices and projects, the training processes and the products generated. The main research instruments cover the themes of Syntropic Environmental Education and the training program specially developed for the teachers involved, in addition to the intervention projects proposed by them. The evaluation of the results was based on content analysis, as described by Bardin, examining the subject syllabi and intervention projects. The data reveal the significant impact of training on teaching practices, especially in intervention projects that address Environmental and Emotional Health, Citizen Science, and Sovereignty and Food Security. The training process, which took place between August and November 2021, included theoretical and practical classes, resulting in innovative school intervention projects developed by participating teachers, which revealed a significant impact on teacher training. The consequences of the actions and projects developed favored the establishment of SEE at school, allowing reconnection with nature, that is, giving new meaning to the worldview of the subjects involved.

Keywords:

Syntropic Environmental Education, Teacher training, Citizen Science, Food and nutrition security, Health education.