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which has the predominant focus on research and scientific production. The development agencies

Fapergs and Capes proposed a scientific initiation notice involving a postgraduate course and

schools of basic education, which is covered by the UPF Civil and Environmental Engineering

Postgraduate Program. The proposal focused on the theme of urban planning and sustainability as

ways of education and citizenship in Passo Fundo, RS. This paper presents the results of the

participatory research involving students and teachers of elementary schools and students and

researchers of the university seeking interdisciplinary integration, contribute to the qualification of

the educational process, dynamized with the community. The activities aimed at integrating, working

and disseminating concepts to the community of partner schools in peripheral neighborhoods of

Passo Fundo: the Guaracy Barroso Marinho School and the Jardim América School. The

methodology was first stage in the university and in schools (seminars, presentations and workshops

on urban planning and sustainability), and the second was field survey (recognition, documentation

and analysis of urban elements) and improvement proposals. Participatory research has resulted in

the community's awareness of citizenship and the right to the city, in the acquisition of knowledge

about urban planning, sustainability and critical training on urban processes. To the academics, the

experience in community alerted to the real needs and demands of urban intervention projects, the

students of the schools enabled themselves a critical look on the urban space in which they live. The

university / school interaction demonstrated the lack of knowledge dissemination at the community

level, making it clear that the university can have a greater social and scientific reach when

integrating basic education with its teaching methodology.

Keywords:

Planning, sustainability, urban periphery, university-basic education integration.

1. INTRODUÇÃO

O trabalho apresenta a implementação do projeto de pesquisa intitulado “O Planejamento Urbano

e a Sustentabilidade como Caminhos para a Educação e a Cidadania, em Passo Fundo/RS” inserido

na proposta da CAPES/FAPERGS para o Programa de Iniciação em Ciências, Matemática,

Engenharias, Tecnologias Criativas e Letras – PICMEL, onde se vinculam Programas Universitários

de Pós-graduação a comunidades acadêmicas docentes e discentes, do ensino básico público

brasileiro. Pois se constata que no país, apesar das conquistas científicas e tecnológicas já

alcançadas, as mesmas não têm se revertido na socialização do conhecimento, verificando-se, no

início do terceiro milênio, o baixo nível da escolaridade do povo brasileiro. Conclui-se então, que os

conhecimentos técnicos desenvolvidos pela comunidade científica não estão beneficiando boa

parte da comunidade, sendo que esta ignorância, ao mesmo tempo, impede mais avanços em

relação ao próprio desenvolvimento científico.

A proposta aborda a pesquisa em urbanismo e sustentabilidade como caminhos para educação e

cidadania. Envolveu alunos e professores de duas escolas públicas municipais de ensino básico

denominadas Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Guaracy Barroso Marinho no bairro José

Alexandre Zácchia e Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Jardim América, no bairro de mesmo

nome, localizadas na periferia urbana (Fig. 1).