Banca de DEFESA: JONILCE DA SILVA VIANA

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING: THE CASE OF DEGREE COURSES AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS, BRAZIL

Environmental Education.Teacher Training.Universities Public; Scientometrics.

The dissertation is entitled: “Environmental Education and teacher training: the case of undergraduate courses at public universities in the state of Amazonas, Brazil” and was developed in the Postgraduate Program in Society, Environment and Quality of Life, at the University Federal District of Western Pará. Its objective was: To analyze the scientific productions published regarding environmental education in undergraduate courses in the context of the State of Amazonas, since this education is a requirement of Article 11 of Law 9795/1999, which deals with National Environmental Education Policy in Brazil. The methodology used was based on the quantitative/qualitative approach, through scientometrics, with data collected on the CAPES and Web of Science Platforms and sought to answer the following research problem: The identification of scientific articles on environmental education practices that are implemented in teacher training courses at public universities in the State of Amazonas; Investigation through scientific platforms of the training elements relating to environmental education in undergraduate courses in the context of the State of Amazonas and the dialogue with scientific productions that deal with environmental education in teacher training courses at public universities in the State of Amazonas. To interpret the data, we used the content analysis technique, the search was carried out using Boolean operators. The search for the topic covered was based on the following keywords: Teacher Training in Amazonas; Environmental Education in Amazonas, Environmental Education in Amazonas and School, from 1997 to 2022. Filtering was carried out such as: Articles, research areas, country/region. In the final considerations, we point out that the gaps in Environmental Education and Teacher Training in the state of Amazonas in terms of publications are still visible in view of the data obtained and the significance of the theme for the region, as it is noticeable by the quantity and the period researched in the face of so many events, whether negative for environmental education, or positive, but which had a global repercussion, where scientific writings could appear on national and global platforms such as CAPES and Web of Science. However, the dissertation managed to achieve its objectives outlined through the proposed methodology, thus contributing to the strengthening and engagement of Environmental Education through science and regulations with regard to teacher training as a necessary and essential subject in the transformation of a society with more quality of life through Environmental Education.