A presença da educação ambiental nos cursos de física das instituições brasileiras

Abstract

Environmental education is considered a cross-cutting theme and should be transversalized by the Curriculum Components, however, this theme is often not problematized in the classroom with the claim that there is not enough time, which is not a usual theme, and yet, that there is no support material to be used in the classroom. In this context, we investigate: how are the curriculum components of the Physics courses of Brazilian institutions Environmental Education discussed? Is there a specific curriculum component or is it diluted within other curriculum components? Based on Paulo Freire's epistemology. Our general objective is to study the institutions present in the University Ranking Folha - 2018, with their respective campuses that offer the Physics course. As specific objectives, investigate the PPCs of Brazilian universities, check how physics courses discuss environmental education in their curriculum, whether or not they offer subjects on each campus of the university, how many offer checking the Ranking. Verify and analyze the Environmental Education theme that have already been incorporated into undergraduate courses. Check how physics courses discuss environmental education in their curriculum. Thus showing whether or not subjects are offered on each campus of the university. For such we use the content analysis and had as corpus of analysis the Pedagogical projects of Physics courses of the institutions present in the University Ranking Folha - 2018. Thus we bring some reflections about the results, of 149 institutions analyzed only 48 universities have Environmental Education as a curriculum component in your grade. However, their main objective is to train reflective teachers, and envision the teaching of Environmental Education to their students. Thus, ensure the formation of physics graduates with a professional profile that enables them, among others, to act with respect to individual and collective rights. With this, we can say that Environmental Education is an open field for research and teaching in schools and universities.