Beyond green spaces in school: analysis of conceptions about environmental education linked to the exhibition of environmental education's purpose in Ceará

Abstract:

In this work, we set our goal to identify and discuss the conceptions about environmental education, which are present in the aims of the Exhibition of Environmental Education of the State Teaching Network in Ceará (MEA). We employed a qualitative investigation paradigm and surveyed the event organizers, who are also environmental education (EA) teachers in the state of Ceará. After this initial phase, we matched the survey's data with the documented data from the event notices. Based on Content Analysis, we analysed themes, words and expressions that are either close or distant from the EA perspectives described in the literature. We considered that MEA's purpose presents different EA perspectives such as conservationist, scientific, vigorous and critical ideas. Additionally, the search for projects that make social and curricular transformations is present in this event's pedagogic scope.

Keywords:
Environmental education; Environmental exhibition; Conceptions