A educação ambiental na formação de professores de biologia: um estudo no CES/UFCG em Cuité - PB.

Abstract

This research was moti'vated by the importance of diagnosing the incorporation of environmental dimension in the "Degree Course in Biology of the Center of Education and Health (C'EH) of the Federal University of Campina Grande, as well as in research and extension of the institution. This is a qualitative research that followed two Complementary stages: a) document analysis of Educational Policy Project — EPP and of the current official curricular matrix of the Course, beyond of the scientific production (research and extension projects) directed to environmental area; b) aplication of structered forms for egress students of the course to study their perception in relation to the environmental theme, as well as the possible relations with practice in Environmental Education (EE) of these future professionals. Our choice theoretical and methodological for analysis and interpretation of data was based on authors such as Bardin (1979), Fernandes Cunha and Marçal Júnior (2003) and Reigota (1995). The results obtained showed that the environmental issues are somehow incorporated into the curriculum, although as a incipient way, since of 67 (Sixty—seven) subjects offered in the course just lO (ten) showed environmental approach. In addition, we note that there are few insertions of environmental themes in research and extension activities of CEH which doesn't offer a. sufticient institutional contribution to the training of environmental educators. [n relation to the environmental perception of the students we observed that they favoured basically a traditional tendency and a naturalist view relating the terms Environment and Environmental Education just to natural features which show up the lack of knowledge about the principles and objectives of EE, as well as the difficulty of understanding multiple dimensions of the issue. We understand that this training needs to be developed more intensively within a university because these students must be prepared to search changes in society profile aiming to make a conscious generation of their rights and duties able to develop direct actions improving the quality of life of the human population and of the environment.