This work aims to understand how fishing, as a bodily practice, can contribute to classes in the
final years of Elementary School II, focusing on Environmental Education (EA). The research
took place at Escola Estadual Girassol de Tempo Integral XV de Novembro, in Tocantinópolis
– TO, with children in the 6th year. The study is anchored in Popular Environmental Education,
as it presents a problematizing perspective of reality based on the political dimension of
education. The work is justified by the relevance of Environmental Education in schools,
especially in its transforming and sociocultural character, elements of a formative nature
(BRASIL, 2017). In addition, visibility is given to the context of artisanal fishing on the
Tocantins River, by taking place in a school with a riverside setting, through Action-Research
with a Qualitative approach. Assuming the following question “How do popular knowledge
arising from children and their experience with fishing help in the elaboration of a proposal
involving Environmental Education at Escola Estadual Girassol de Tempo Integral XV de
Novembro, in Tocantinópolis-TO?”. The results show that the research participants were able
to bring the elements present in the fishing communities, highlighting the relevance of popular
knowledge for the community itself and its manifestation as knowledge to be addressed in the
school environment. In addition, through the pedagogical activities of the educational project,
it was understood that the research participants demonstrated critical thinking in the face of
socio-environmental causes. Furthermore, by establishing a close relationship between children
and the environment, we bring to light the need for a dialogue between body and nature,
essential elements for discussion in the school environment and potentializers of meaningful
teaching, fostering the relevance of research that addresses the environmental context related
to the social dimension.
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