Seeking to overcome civilizational challenges in basic education through the implementation of a school garden

Abstract

Abstract: With the aim of showing how working with school gardens can be capable of building new rationalities in science and health education, aiming to promote food and nutritional education, which considers the challenges of forming eco-political and anti-racist citizens, the Project is proposed School Garden of the Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca - CEFET-RJ, with emphasis on the work carried out with a focus on Non-Conventional Food Plants (PANC). The work also aims to awaken students’ interest in the topic. Through face-to-face and media-based practical activities, themes are covered across the high school curriculum, seeking civic and critical training, focused on an environmentally fair and sustainable relationship. Based on the above, it is expected that, from working with the school garden, the actors involved will be able to understand that eating is a cultural habit and, therefore, can be thought of, based on less impactful possibilities for the planet.

Key Words: Civilization Challenges. Food and Nutritional Education. Science Teaching. Critical Environmental Education.