Dialogues of the University with the Scholar Community about Education for Sustainability

Abstract

The course Dialogues of the University with the Scholar Community about Education for Sustainability was conducted from August to November 2013, with the rural public schools of Ibiúna, São Paulo. It included 21 participants: teachers, administrators, director, cooks and general services. It was planned by doctoral students and professors from Laboratory of Research and Practices in Education and Sustainability, from University of São Paulo (LAPPES-USP), with recognition of the Faculty of Education and support from NGO Ação da Cidadania – Comitê Ibiúna/SP. To fulfill the objective of promoting the integration of sustainability into everyday school life, the methodology of the course, with 8 meetings, involving theoretical exposition, dialogued activities, exchanges of experiences and field work, based on theoretical and methodological framework of the Social Learning focused on contextual and collective construction of knowledge through participatory educational opportunities. The topics were Education for Sustainability; Local and Regional Culture and Heritage; Public Health and Sanitation; Participation and Social Learning. The results indicated successful dialogue between university and schoolar community for an educational praxis for sustainability, methodology whose dialogic practices supported the collective construction of intervention proposals and the approval of the course to the school system of the city in the 2nd semester of 2014.