Database research record2012·Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Hortas em escolas urbanas, Complexidade e Transdisciplinaridade: Contribuições para a Educação Ambiental e para a Educação em Saúde
Elizabete Cristina Ribeiro Silva, Alexandre Brasil Carvalho da Fonseca
LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)
Urban Farm DB summary
This study discusses the multidimensionality of agriculture and its interfaces with environmental and health education, based on perceptions from social actors in a school and an extension unit belonging to the Municipal Network of Rio de Janeiro. Agricultural activities are suggested as a pedagogical tool to facilitate complex thinking and transdisciplinarity, and to perceive food and environment as interconnected transversal themes. School gardens are re-qualified for urban spaces based on agroecological urban agriculture principles.