REFLECTIONS ON INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE IN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL

Authors

  • JOSÉ DEOMAR DE SOUZA BARROS
  • MARIA DE FÁTIMA PEREIRA DA SILVA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2011.2983

Abstract

Environmental education consists of theoretical and practical knowledge in order to provide the understanding and the awakening of reflection on the practices of individuals focused on conservation and environmental preservation for the benefit of the community. In this sense, it is necessary that we review the assumptions of economic growth, otherwise it will be undertaking satisfactory index of human development and environmental conservation. Has intensified in recent years a growing societal concern with environmental problems facing this fact has taken shape the trend of environmental education. This problem is a challenging subject in didactic transposition of content in the last decades several official documents in Brazil, emphasizing the importance of employing environmental issues as facilitators of learning and this recognition by social actors.
Key-words: environmental education, economic growth, environmental conservation.

Author Biographies

JOSÉ DEOMAR DE SOUZA BARROS

Licenciado em Ciências com Habilitação em Biologia e em Química; Universidade Federal de Campina Grande – UFCG. Especialista em Agroecologia; Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB. Especialista em Ensino de Química; Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA. Mestre e Doutorando em Recursos Naturais; Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG.

MARIA DE FÁTIMA PEREIRA DA SILVA

Licenciada em Letras com habilitação em língua inglesa e vernácula; Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG. Pós-graduanda em Gestão Publica Municipal. Universidade Federal da Paraíba– UFPB.

Published

2012-04-10

How to Cite

BARROS, J. D. D. S., & DA SILVA, M. D. F. P. (2012). REFLECTIONS ON INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE IN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL. POLÊM!CA, 10(4), 682 a 689. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2011.2983

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QUESTÕES CONTEMPORÂNEAS