Environmental Education Perception Index (IPEA) headed for sustainable development: A study in Elementary Schools in the city of Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia (Brazil)

Perception Index of Environmental Education in Fundamental Education Schools in a City on the Brazil / Bolivia Frontier

“…For this criterion, data for the Almirante Tamandaré School were not observed. However, for those who claimed to "know completely" and / or "know little" the highest percentages found were in schools, in descending order, Escola Almirante Tamandaré (85.7%), Durvalina Estilben de Oliveira (45.4%) , Paulo Saldanha (38.5%) and 20% Alkindar Brasil de Arouca School [18]; [19] and [20]. Environmental Education is important, as it helps students to develop an idea about the factors of their…”

“…There is a gap between the reality of a region with 92.06% of its territory consisting of conservation units and indigenous lands and educational practice within this focus. According to Paraguassu-Chaves et al [18] the municipality of Guajará-Mirim has one of the highest rates in the world in terms of legally protected areas and even so educational practices do not go beyond what is usually done in any other region from Brazil, that is, it is clear that the perception of elementary school students about the practice of environmental education in state public schools existing in the region presented, with the exception of one School, present a performance considered only "regular". This fact is noticeable when one observes the answers obtained when asked "do you know what Nature Conservation Units and Indigenous Lands are?"…”

“…With factor analysis, the researcher can first identify the separate dimensions of the structure and then determine the degree to which each variable is explained by each dimension. Once these dimensions and the explanation of each variable are determined, the two main uses of factor analysis -summary and data reduction -can be achieved, according to Paraguassu-Chaves et al [18] in your study "Environmental Education Perception Index (IPEA) headed for sustainable development: A study in Elementary Schools in the city of Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia (Brazil)" and corroborated by Carvalho et al [19] and Carvalho et al [20]. According to Hair et al [21] when summarizing the data, factor analysis obtains latent dimensions that, when interpreted and understood, describe the data in a much smaller number of concepts than the original individual variables.…”

“…According to Paraguassu-Chaves et al [18] when analyzing the perception of Environmental Education in the context of elementary education in the state schools of Guajará-Mirim, one can perceive that the level by the abstraction of society, students, teachers and technicians and school managers. What seems to live in a moment of institutional crisis, values, ethics and behavior.…”

Quantitative methods and analysis of health performance and environmental conditions in the city of Porto Velho

“…The classification scale of the Porto Velho quality of life indexes follows the scale: 0.000 to 0.200 scale (Description: Terrible IQVU); 0.201 to 0.400 (Description: Bad IQVU); 0.401 to 0.600 (Description: Regular IQVU); 0.601 to 0.800 (Description: Good IQVU) and 0.801 to 1.000 (Description: Excellent IQVU). This same scale has already been applied in several studies in the Amazon context, como Environmental Education Perception Index (IPEA) headed for sustainable development: A Study in primary schools in the city of Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia (Brazil), de Paraguassu-Chaves; Cavalcante; Claro, et al [11]; and Factor Analysis and the Social Capital Index: A Study at the Brazil / Bolivia Border, de Paraguassú-Chaves; Cavalcante; Almeida, et al [12], and Cavalcante [7].…”