Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:54:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JucicleideGSS_DISSERT.pdf: 1168903 bytes, checksum: fa979faa796164d2021dc954bdcf81c6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-15 / This study aimed to evaluate the potential of two public schools in Educommunication related to Environmental Protection Area Jenipabu (APAJ) located in Rio Grande do Norte / Brazil, based on perceptions of educommunicatives practices on the environment as well as perform an action included in the school APAJ. In the first phase of the research were three separate questionnaires designed to identify the actions, practices and experiences of three sets of audiences: teachers, students and parents from both schools. In the second phase, activities were carried out as educomunicatives class actions involving ride, maps of environmental design and construction of a mural on the school newspaper APAJ. We opted for the participant, making the observation in a previous visit to knowledge of the schools, where they made the first contacts with the administrative team, teachers and students, and then the application of semi-structured questionnaire to teachers, students and parents of the 4th and 5 years of elementary school the morning hours. The results showed the detachment of these actors in the knowledge, participation and involvement with APAJ, caused by the absence of actions and actions involving teaching practices educomunicatives students to interact with the environment, taking as its starting point the living space. / A presente pesquisa objetivou avaliar as potencialidades da Educomunica??o em duas escolas p?blicas relacionadas ? ?rea de Prote??o Ambiental Jenipabu (APAJ) situada no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte/Brasil, com base nas percep??es acerca de pr?ticas educomunicativas sobre o meio ambiente, bem como realizar uma a??o educomunicativa na escola inserida na APAJ. Na primeira fase da pesquisa foram elaborados tr?s question?rios distintos de modo a identificar as a??es, experi?ncias e viv?ncias de tr?s conjuntos de p?blicos: professores, alunos e pais de ambas as escolas. Na segunda fase, foram realizadas atividades envolvendo a??es educomunicativas como aula passeio, desenho de mapas ambientais e constru??o de um jornal mural na escola da APAJ. Optou-se pela pesquisa participante, realizando a observa??o em uma visita pr?via para conhecimento das escolas, onde foram feitos os primeiros contatos com a equipe gestora, professores e alunos, e em seguida a aplica??o dos question?rios semiestruturados aos professores, alunos e pais dos 4? e 5? anos do ensino fundamental do turno vespertino. Os resultados comprovaram o distanciamento desses atores quanto ao conhecimento, participa??o e envolvimento com a APAJ, provocado pela aus?ncia de a??es e de pr?ticas pedag?gicas que envolvam a??es educomunicativas para a intera??o alunos com o meio, tendo como ponto de partida o espa?o onde vivem.