Banca de DEFESA: LINDON JOHNSON PONTES PORTELA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LINDON JOHNSON PONTES PORTELA
DATE: 18/02/2022
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/uqu-kapg-tju
TITLE:

''Where we look, there is nature'': connection with nature and children's pro-environmental behaviors in Latin American literature and a case in the Tapajós National Forest, Brazil

KEY WORDS:

Ecological behavior. Amazon. Environmental belonging. Childhood. Qualitative systematic review.

PAGES: 74
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Multidisciplinar
SUMMARY:

To think about the relationship between human beings and nature is also to immerse oneself in different historical and cultural moments. As a social subject of history, human beings establish meanings and significance for nature, creating connections that guide their way of thinking and acting in the face of the environment. The main objective of this dissertation was to systematize the scientific production on connection with nature and pro-environmental behaviors among children in Latin America, as well as to understand this connection and behaviors of Amazonian children in a riverine community in the National Forest (Flona) of Tapajós, Brazil. The first part of the research consists of a qualitative systematic review, using the PRISMA recommendation, to identify and critically select the literature in the Web of Science, SciELO and Scopus databases, using the descriptors: “Connect* OR Behavio* AND Natur* OR Environmen* AND Child*”. The structured methodological procedures for data analysis and synthesis were based on the Qualitative Evidence Synthesis – QES protocol. The data were tabulated and are presented in descriptive tables and graphs. The second part of the dissertation comprises an empirical study with 20 children (8–11 years old), living in the São Domingos riverine community, located in Flona Tapajós, state of Pará. Data from this stage were collected through the use of focus groups, later transcribed and analyzed using the Discourse of the Collective Subject technique – DCS. Scientific production in Latin America is evolving in terms of quantity, diversity of countries and authors. QES demonstrates that studies on the connection between children and nature highlight this connection as a factor that positively influences the development of children, especially in the sense of self-perception with nature. The case study generated 76 DCSs for the set of questions, which reveal that the children perceive themselves in nature and connect with it, as well as mentioning possible actions that suggest pro-environmental behavior, either in the care with the destination of the garbage or with plants, in contact with animals, with approximations in affective, cognitive and experiential dimensions. The case study dialogued with QES on the relationship between children and nature, on the importance of this interaction for children full development, which may result in pro-environmental behaviors in the studied conservation unit.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 013.853.015-70 - JAILSON SANTOS DE NOVAIS - UFSB
Interno - 2143267 - JOSE MAX BARBOSA DE OLIVEIRA JUNIOR
Interna - 1552900 - IANI DIAS LAUER LEITE
Externa à Instituição - MARIA INES GASPARETTO HIGUCHI - INPA