Produção acadêmica sobre educação ambiental nas áreas de ensino e educação em ciências

Abstract

Environmental Education is of paramount importance in the formation of citizens and in the construction of values for the exercise of citizenship. Through education, students can understand the consequences caused on the environment by the impacts caused on it. In this perspective, Environmental Education in the area of Teaching and Education in Sciences has an important role for change, because, although it is not salvation, it is a path that makes it possible to transform, in which the teacher stimulates reflections and self-analysis on the part of the students. students providing collective and individual changes. The present work is configured as a research of the State of Knowledge type and aimed to characterize the academic production on Environmental Education in the areas of Education and Science Education in the period from 2017 to 2020. For that, three journals were selected: Ciência & Educação, Investigações no Ensino de Ciências e Ensaio Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências. Based on the established criteria, 38 articles were selected. It is concluded that there is a need for more studies on Environmental Education in the analyzed area. We emphasize the importance of more research on Environmental Education in early childhood education, as this perspective needs to be worked on throughout the school process and beyond. In addition, there is a concern in the area to know the conceptions of teachers and students about Environmental Education, which is a positive aspect.