O papel da extensão universitária no resgate da consciência ambiental e em saúde

Abstract

The Integrated Movement for the Rescue of Environmental and Health Awareness (MIRCAS), aims to raise awareness about environmental and health causes through social actions. Actions were carried out with the themes of environment and health, through various group dynamics, such as "hunting for dry leaves"" on Tree Day, ""fruit puzzle"" on Oral Health Day, and ""getting to know the microorganisms under the microscope"" in the action of microscopy, the dynamics and theoretical presentations of each theme underwent modifications to suit the language of each class. In the end, the teachers responsible for each class answered a questionnaire proposed by the extension workers. As a result, the active participation of children in the subjects was observed, with involvement through questions, comments and suggestions. The actions were evaluated positively according to the questionnaires, and it was suggested the development of more dynamic activities for the smaller classes. Thus, the main way to understand the importance of the environment and a healthy life is through environmental and health education, in a playful way contributing to better assimilation of knowledge by children.

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