Will the idea of environment be the same in the minds of different teachers? Along with inquiry into whatthat these teachers understand by the situation of learning, there are two main research questionsof the research. Depending on the answers that are given, different projects inof environmental education (EE) are implemented. The search of information was givendata for the research presented here was collected by the application of questionnaires toalong with the teachers of Secondary School (5th to 8th grade) at schools in Estância Velha and Canoas adding up to 36 teachingers staff. The data collected indicated a predominance of anthropocentric vision that prevails in utilities of sees natural resources in terms of to the survival of mankind. In relation to the kinds of the developed activities developed, it was is possible torealized, first of all, that the length periodicity of theresearch projectses is usually short; some of them have annual duration. Concerning About the amplitude and composition of the experiences, the research projects involved punctual activities of a commemorative nature. It was also realized that these are disjointed researches; in which we can identify more than one subject of study, through many strategies. This means that many actions are developed, without a methodological or thematic bond. A group of actions, developed in a processual way, from a thematic axis would provide a qualitative improvement.
environmental education; formation of teachers; Basic Education