Environmental education trends and concepts of actions registered in SisEA/MS and carried out in Ladário/MS

Abstract

This investigation seeks to analyze the concepts of Environmental Education (EE) in the proposals registered in the State System of Information on Environmental Education of Mato Grosso do Sul (SisEA/MS), carried out in the municipality of Ladário, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The research with a quantitative-qualitative approach deals with the document analysis of 27 proposals. The quantitative nature involved the evaluation of indicators: status of proposals, type of action, themes and target audience. The qualitative approach was given by the Discourse Analysis (DA), evidencing the conceptions in EE. The conservative aspect was predominant in the actions, with a view to a behavioral change of the individual, disregarding the socio-political dimension. The inferences brought here show ways to overcome practices that follow conservative trends in EE, in the search for practices that seek to transform reality. It is necessary to (re)think the methodological procedures of the actions, considering the theoretical foundations, themes and target audience for a critical and transformative EE.