TERENA INDIGENOUS POPULAR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: THINKING AND DOING PORTRAYED IN THE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES OF THE TERENA INDIGENOUS STATE SCHOOL KOMOMOYEA KOVOERO
Indigenous school education, Indigenous knowledge and Environmental education
This work is about Terena Environmental Education, the thinking and doing portrayed in the pedagogical practices of the Terena Komomoyea Kovoero Indigenous State School, in the Kuxonety Poke’e village, Iriri Novo Indigenous Land. It aimed to understand the knowledge and cultural practices of the Terena people who dialogue with Environmental Education considering the reality and problems within the territory for the development of pedagogical practices with students and the indigenous community itself about the importance of the relationship human being/nature. It is important to mention that the school, elders and families contributed a lot to the research, a qualitative research, with field classes together with 4th and 5th year students, we understand that there is a need for human contribution with care for nature, a commitment to Good Living, and a commitment to life and all living beings and to each of us living beings on this planet. The study demonstrated the importance of indigenous popular environmental education within the perspective of sustainability, considering our cosmovision, customs, traditions, knowledge and Terena spirituality, it also showed that indigenous school education can develop significant teaching work in the guidelines of interculturality in education Terena's own environmental environment.