Ecopoint at School

a place for intergenerational education and respect for the rights of children, young people and the elderly

Abstract

We experience the phenomenon of human aging and the respective challenges it brings in issues involving intergenerational relationships of children, adolescents, young people and old people. Therefore, we lack theoretical and practical references that help us in the way of knowing, disseminating and putting into, practice actions that foster interest in respecting the rights achieved in our legislation. Our objective in this work is to publicize as a partnership between four Tocantins institutions: the Universidade da Maturidade, from the Federal University of Tocantins (UMA/UFT); the Institute for Environmental and Human Development of the Amazon Region (Idahra); the João e Maria Municipal Center for Early Childhood Education; and the Centro Universitário Católica do Tocantins (UniCatólica) manages to add to the mission of involving the Palmense community in activities in favor of Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Environmental Education and Intergenerational Education among children, young people and the elderly. A work whose material and methods are field, qualitative and bibliographic research. With results that point to the possibilities of involving educational processes in the formal curriculum of the two levels of education; and some processes of Environmental Education that can occur in the exchange of knowledge promoted by Intergenerational Education. While among the conclusions are the perception of fundamental rights of children and the elderly that are contemplated in the cooperation.