Body practices in nature: for an environmental education - doi: 10.4025/reveducfis.v22i1.9266

Abstract

Body practices in nature in leisure perspective show relations with environmental education and contribute to the moral, physical, social and personal value aspects. This study’s objective was to promote environmental awareness through an educational strategy based on body practices in nature. The action research involved 12 subjects from the physical education course from UEPB. A questionnaire and semi-structured interview were used as instruments. The results were obtained from analysis of the data collected and compared with the theoretical support. One observed that there was a reconstruction concerning the values and concepts about environmental situation, allowing a critical view of the problems that nature is facing, and also an increase in the feelings of solidarity, friendship and respect among the participants towards nature and society.