This article discusses the theoretical assumptions present in the training of environmental educators in undergraduate courses. These assumptions define a theoretical picture when they are analyzed through the methodological reference of historical-dialectic materialism. This theoretical picture can be organized into natural, rational and historical concepts of the man-nature relation and of education, and analysis suggests methodological principles of curricular organization for these courses.KEY-WORDS: Education; environmental educators; nature; theoretical models.Este artigo trata dos pressupostos teóricos presentes na formação dos educadores ambientais nos cursos de graduação. Esses pressupostos definem um quadro teórico analisado a partir do referencial metodológico do materialismo histórico-dialético. Esse quadro teórico pode ser organizado em concepções naturais, racionais e históricas da relação homem-natureza e da educação e suas análises sugerem princípios metodológicos de organização curricular nesses cursos.
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