Educação ambiental na formação e atuação de profissionais de Engenharia Ambiental e Sanitária

Abstract

The article discusses how Environmental Education is being understood in the formation process and implemented in professional practices in the field of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering. The methodological proposal was based on applied research with a quali-quantitative approach and was developed from two movements: document research and case study. The documental research was carried out in the institutional systems of the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul and, in its specificity, in the Environmental and Sanitary Engineering course at the Chapecó/SC campus. In the case study, the data and information collection were the application of questionnaires to the graduates of the course and the resulting categorizations and analyzes were carried out using the Content Analysis methodology. Despite some important initiatives, the results indicate that the way in which Environmental Education is being discussed during the training process, in the majority, does not allow professionals to implement actions within the scope of the active participation of society in the prevention and resolution of socio-environmental problems.