Educational tales in Environmental Education for forest and wildlife preservation in Munhinga-Mozambique

Abstract

in view of the growing deforestation without the replacement of plants, increasing the disappearance of certain medicinal plant species and animals, there is a need for a new awareness, behavior and commitment in face of this situation in order to minimize the consequences of these anti attitudes. environmental for the future. Thus, it highlights the contribution of educational tales in Environmental Education in the preservation of the “forest and wildlife”. in the perspective of inserting them in the educational curricula, aiming to change the attitude of the coming generations towards the environmental future, therefore, we work with the traditional local structures, the general communities, above all, teachers, to better understand the legacy of the traditional educational tales connected to the environment, with the objective of presenting a proposal of activity with the apprentices of the primary school of the first grade of Chingundo, through the use of educational tales, bringing the perceptions discussion, promoting the debate about what we can do to alleviate the degradation of resources forests with their wildlife in the region under study, focusing on Environmental Education, conservation, reducing emissions caused by deforestation and uncontrolled fires, sensitizing local communities in the replacement of plants in the places that present the greatest degradation. The methodology used was based on the interdisciplinary approach, providing a qualitative approach. The results revealed that the educational tales in Environmental Education are seen as something irrelevant, given the poor dissemination by the scientific layers. Thus, it is considered necessary to understand new ways of preserving nature, as a behavioral change strategy, to provide them with a sustainable environmental future.