Meio ambiente em teses e dissertações da plataforma capes

Abstract

The environment is in a state of crisis due to several environmental problems, therefore, an intervention is necessary through the introduction of Environmental Education (EA), developing effective solutions to minimize this crisis. A growing degradation in the natural environment is noticeable due to the large part of the population residing in cities, causing an environmental crisis, with this, the National Policy for Environmental Education (PNEA) provides that EE must be implemented at all levels of education . Many times, these problems are unintentionally caused by people's lack of knowledge about the environment and EE. The objective of the research is to understand the concept of environment in the database of theses and dissertations of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). The method used for the research is similar to what content analysis is about: a broad research strategy on a specific subject. Initially, the CAPES bank of theses and dissertations was used to search for works with the term environment, the works obtained were tabulated, and followed by analysis criteria in order to understand how the concept of environment was approached in each one of them. From the analyses, in the selected and categorized works, it was possible to evidence the non-existence of a single concept about the environment, but important discussions that involve the relationship with the social, economic, environmental, cultural environment, among others. Therefore, environment is a term loaded with various meanings and senses according to the perception and experience that is evidenced.