Children’s representations about nature based on an affectively extended ecologic perception of life

Authors

  • Helga Loos-Sant'Ana Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Camila Silva de Lima Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/198464445470

Keywords:

Environmental Education, Affectivity, Representations.

Abstract

This article is supported by the perspective that mankind should relearn how to develop a feeling of belonging to Nature, and that environmental education should be seen not only as a group of informative activities aiming at “rational use of Nature’s resources”. The current study was aimed at identifying, by qualitative techniques (drawings and group dynamics), representations and affects related to Nature among nine students of 1st and 2nd grades of a Elementary School, in the city of Curitiba/PR/Brazil. Results presented a naturalist view of Nature, and the biophilic and topophilic relations of the children with the school’s grove. However, conflicts were observed relating to the belonging of mankind and their products to Nature. Such activities at school seem to be very important for the development of healthy relationships with the environment.

Author Biographies

Helga Loos-Sant'Ana, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, linha de pesquisa: Psicologia Cognitiva. Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas, área: Psicologia, Desenvolvimento Humano e Educação. Professora do Departamento de Teoria e Fundamentos da Educação e da Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Camila Silva de Lima, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Graduada em Biologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Mestre em Educação pela Pós-Graduação em Educação, linha de pesquisa Cognição, Aprendizagem e Desenvolvimento Humano, pela Universidade Federal do Paraná.

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Published

2014-01-14

How to Cite

Loos-Sant’Ana, H., & Lima, C. S. de. (2014). Children’s representations about nature based on an affectively extended ecologic perception of life. Education, 39(1), 201–214. https://doi.org/10.5902/198464445470

Issue

educação, v. 39, n. 1, jan./abr. 2014

Section

Continuous Demand

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