Panorama da educação ambiental: tendências e desafios na perspectiva científica

Abstract

The focus on environmental education is not new and does not only date back to the last decades, but also gained prominence in the 19th century with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" proposed by Ivan Amaral. The Federal Constitution of 1988 established environmental education as mandatory at all levels of education in the country. Therefore, this work aims to assess the panorama of environmental education: Trends and challenges from a scientific perspective. Through an integrative exploratory-descriptive literature review approach on the Web of Science platform, covering the period from 2011 to 2020. Among these years, the increase in the number of publications is attributed to the Impact of Law No. 9,795, of 1999, and also international agreements, which reflects in the increase of academic production by 62.59% in the last three years. Among countries, Brazil stands out with the highest number of publications, with emphasis on the Universidade do Rio Grande with 22 publications; however, the journal with the highest number of publications is not Brazilian, it was the Journal of Environmental Education with 60 publications. Moreover, in terms of knowledge areas, educational research stands out with 419 publications compared to other areas. Furthermore, the predominance of the English language with 71% of publications is evident. Environmental education is still addressed. In conclusion, despite limitations in investments, it is important to integrate environmental education into the training of chemistry teachers to guide future actions in academia and education.