The greening of higher education institutions in Environmental Education research

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the constitution of the theme of Greening Higher Education based on the paths that have been created and followed by researchers in Environmental Education (EE), in theses and dissertations in EE defended between 1981 and 2018. Following the development of 'state-of-art' type of research, the analysis was carried out of forty theses and dissertations in EE defended in the country. Following the analysis, it was observed that the different initiatives developed in recent decades, such as the holding of scientific events, the development of institutional projects, and the articulation of researchers in university networks have fostered and promoted a movement of convergence of EE researchers around this topic. The interest of these agents in the field of EE has been in the sense of discussing, developing or guiding research related to the theme of Greening Higher Education.

Keywords
Environmental education; State-of-art; Theses and dissertations; Scientific production; Higher education