Environment and Environmental Education in the MST: Social Representation in the Settlement on April 10 in the municipality of Crato, CE.

Este estudo trata sobre a representaÃÃo social de meio ambiente e da educaÃÃo ambiental entre os assentados do Assentamento 10 de abril, localizado no municÃpio do Crato, no estado do CearÃ. A importÃncia deste trabalho està direcionada na perspectiva de compreender aspectos da dimensÃo ambiental no processo de gestÃo nos assentamentos de reforma agrÃria. A metodologia utilizada para concretizaÃÃo desta pesquisa se baseou em anÃlises simultÃneas de dados qualitativos, atravÃs de metodologias com Ãnfase principalmente na pesquisa participante, utilizando procedimentos como pesquisa bibliogrÃfica e na internet, investigaÃÃo documental, aplicaÃÃo de questionÃrios e entrevistas, observaÃÃo de reuniÃes, conversas informais, coleta de depoimentos e confecÃÃo de mapas mentais. A questÃo crucial da anÃlise realizada diz respeito à inexistÃncia de um consenso sobre o que significa meio ambiente e educaÃÃo ambiental nos assentados do Assentamento 10 de Abril. Assim, os termos meio ambiente e educaÃÃo ambiental, utilizados por parte dos envolvidos com o Assentamento, como os professores, tÃcnicos, crianÃas, jovens e adultos, sÃo imprecisos para eles e refletem as prÃticas cotidianas no Assentamento. Os conflitos de interesses surgem quando o assunto volta-se para a implementaÃÃo de aÃÃes ambientais, pois as divergÃncias sobre as representaÃÃes sociais de meio ambiente e educaÃÃo ambiental sÃo visÃveis entre os prÃprios assentados e as organizaÃÃes governamentais e nÃo-governamentais que intervÃm no Assentamento 10 de Abril. Portanto, as prÃticas ambientais, apesar das imprecisas concepÃÃes conceituais sobre meio ambiente e educaÃÃo ambiental, vÃm sendo discutidas no Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) e em diversos assentamentos, na perspectiva do fortalecimento de uma sociedade mais justa e igualitÃria, cuja construÃÃo passa por uma visÃo totalitÃria do ser humano e da vida.This study focuses on the social representation of the environment and environmental education among the settlers of the Settlement on April 10, located in the municipality of Crato, state of CearÃ. The importance of this work is directed with a view to understand aspects of environmental management in the process of agrarian reform Settlements. The methodology used for completion of this research was based on simultaneous analysis of qualitative data, using a methodology with particular emphasis on the research participant, using procedures such as literature and the internet, desk research, questionnaires and interviews, observation of meetings, informal conversations, collecting evidence and making maps monthly. The crucial question of the analysis concerns the lack of a consensus on what it means to the environment and environmental education in the Settlement settled on April 10. Thus, the terms environment and environmental education, used by those involved with the settlement, such as teachers, coaches, children, youth and adults, for they are inaccurate and reflect the daily practices in the settlement. Conflicts of interest arise when the subject turns to the implementation of environmental actions, because the differences on the social representations of the environment and environmental education are visible among the settlers themselves and the government and non-governmental organizations involved in the Settlement 10 April. Therefore environmental practices, despite the conceptual inaccurate conceptions about the environment and environmental education have been discussed in the Movement of Landless Workers (MST) and in several settlements, in order to strengthen a more just and equal society, whose construction is by a totalitarian vision of the human being and life