ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: APPROACH ON THE GEOGRAPHY TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Authors

  • Cinthia Raquel Pergentino de Oliveira Rede Estadual de Ensino do Paraná
  • José Edézio da Cunha Unioeste, Campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/223649947328

Abstract

A lot has being said about the themes related to the environmental issue. NGOs, world conferences, change in the Legislation, in brief, it is possible to observe the insertion of the theme in many social spheres, especially in the education in its different levels. With the aim of elucidating how important the Environmental Education principles are to the Geography teaching practice, it is relevant to raise the theory related to: the Ecological Thinking, Ecologism and the Environmental Education as well. In order to achieve that, it was done an investigation: on how the Geography teacher’s ecological speech occurs in an University- Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)- and about the importance of including it in the teaching practice. Keywords: Ecological Thinking; Ecologism; Environmental Education; Geography teaching

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Author Biographies

Cinthia Raquel Pergentino de Oliveira, Rede Estadual de Ensino do Paraná

Mestre em Geografia pela Unioeste, Campus de Francisco Beltrão-PR; Professora de Geografia da Rede Estadual de Ensino-PR

José Edézio da Cunha, Unioeste, Campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon

Professor Adjunto de Geografia da Unioeste, Campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon

Published

2012-02-23

How to Cite

Pergentino de Oliveira, C. R., & da Cunha, J. E. (2012). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: APPROACH ON THE GEOGRAPHY TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION. Geografia Ensino & Pesquisa, 16(1), 145–154. https://doi.org/10.5902/223649947328