ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THE CONSERVATION OF AMAZON FORESTS IN HISTORICAL SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENTS OF THE UNFV FACULTY OF EDUCATION. LIME. 2020.

Abstract

The essential purpose of this research was to verify if an Environmental Education Program developed and applied by the above-mentioned authors positively influences the development and consolidation of the care and conservation of Amazonian forests in students of the CC specialty. H H. H.H. of the UNFV (CC. HH. SS. of the UNFV onwards). To this end, two Likert-type questionnaires were applied as entrance and exit tests for the program. The sample consisted of 44 students (30 students belonging to the Experimental Group and 14 students belonging to the Control Group), which was selected using “non-probabilistic sampling” of the opinion or criterial type. The approach was quantitative, the descriptive level comparative and the design adopted was the “quasi-experimental”. The “t” ratio of Student was used, and the SPSS Program was applied to process the information collected through the respective instruments and to verify the hypotheses. It was found that if the Environmental Education Program is applied, it significantly improves the concern for the care and maintenance of the Amazonian forests in selected students.

Keywords:

Program of environmental education, Knowledge, Protection, Conservation and Promotion of the Amazonian forests