Investigação em Educação Ambiental na América Latina: mapeando tendências

Abstract

RESUMO: O presente artigo analisa a situação da pesquisa em Educação Ambiental na América Latina. Com destaque ao México e ao Brasil, também se mencionam descrições gerais da Colômbia, de Cuba, do Equador e da Venezuela. Apresentam-se os limitados avanços da pesquisa nessa área, marcada por um processo lento, com gradual posicionamento institucional acerca da Educação Ambiental regional. O surgimento da educação para o desenvolvimento sustentável, à exceção da Colômbia, não chegou a alterar esse processo, nem tampouco a criar novas e mais favoráveis condições de impulso à pesquisa numa perspectiva sociopolítica. Apesar disso, o artigo reporta avanços positivos em direção à pesquisa na Educação Ambiental, embora não se possam esperar resultados espetaculares a curto e médio prazos, a menos que se apresente uma mudança radical da atual situação, o que não se vislumbra neste momento. Palavras-chave: Educação Ambiental; Pesquisa; Produção Acadêmica; Tendências. RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA: MAPPING TRENDS ABSTRACT:This article aims at analyzing the current state of research in Environmental Education in Latin America. With emphasis on Mexico and Brazil, it also provides general descriptions of Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador and Venezuela. We present the limited research advances in this area, characterized by a slow process, with gradual institutional positioning on regional Environmental Education. The emergence of education for sustainable development, except the Colombian case, did not change this process, nor created new and more favorable conditions to boost researches into a socio-political perspective. Nevertheless, this article reports positive progress towards researches in Environmental Education. Yet, spectacular results for a short to medium term are not to be expected, unless a radical change can be brought about in the current situation, which is not currently expected.

La Emancipación en Educación Ambiental: Formación en una Universidad Brasileña

“…Delante de esa deficiencia, este artículo se propone a discutir los sentidos de la emancipación a partir de un recorte de una investigación empírica (tesis de doctorado de la primera autora), a la luz de los referenciales de la Teoría Crítica y de los contornos de la EA crítica en América Latina y Brasil (Gaudiano & Lorenzetti, 2009;Layrargues & Lima, 2011;Zuin & Pacca, 2013;Sjöström, Frerichs, Zuin & Eilks, 2017). A lo largo del texto discutiremos qué elementos emancipatorios emergieron del proyecto durante su desarrollo y evaluación por el grupo coordinador, a partir de sus datos y producciones.…”

Exploring the Constitution of Environmental Education as Situated, Critical Processes of Learning and Change: A Collaborative Synthesis Across Diverse Regional Contexts

“…This transformation should reach not just the immediate relationship of people with their surroundings (the natural environment which should be preserved), but requires changes in many other social dimensions to allow new ways of doing things, and a new ethic that implies an improvement of social relations, considering all beings and things that are around us (LOUREIRO, 2004a(LOUREIRO, 2004bGUIMARÃES, 2004a;CARVALHO, 2008;GONZALES-GAUDIANO;LORENZETTI;2009;LAYRARGUES, 2010).…”

Challenges and experiences in outdoor education in Latin America

“…The relative infancy of this field of research in developing nations and the associated struggles incurred by such early stages of development may also explain the lack of studies coming from Latin America in international journals. This context notwithstanding, outdoor education research has been gaining prominence in Latin America and bringing some of their findings to the international audience can only contribute to the further development of the field locally and globally (González-Gaudiano & Lorenzetti, 2009). This special issue therefore aims to contribute to the broader discussions on the field of outdoor education by encouraging the publication of studies on different manifestations of teaching and learning in outdoor environments in countries of Latin America.…”