Educação ambiental no mestrado profissional: um olhar sobre os trabalhos de ensino de ciências e biologia

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the presence and macrotrends of Environmental Education (EE) in Professional Master's (MP) dissertations in the area of Teaching and/or Education in Science and Biology, Mathematics and Health. Based on the analysis, we sought to identify to what extent EE is addressed and which macrotrends predominate. To develop this study, we used documentary research, which, according to Kripka, Scheller and Bonotto (2015), consists of the qualitative analysis of written or unwritten documents, which will be re-examined in order to seek new information or interpretations based on that document. The results indicate that 12.4% of the dissertations analyzed contemplate EE. Considering the importance and urgency of this topic, there are few dissertations, which should attract the attention of MP programs. On the other hand, almost 80% proved to be robust, addressing EE from the beginning to the end of the dissertation, and the critical macrotrend is already close to half of the works produced.