Artículos de revistas
Um panorama sobre a abordagem ambiental no currículo de cursos de formação inicial de professores de química da região sudeste
Fecha
2009Registro en:
Química Nova, v.32, n.2, p.511-517, 2009
0100-4042
10.1590/S0100-40422009000200040
Autor
PEREIRA, Jocélia Barbosa
CAMPOS, Maria Lúcia A. de M.
NUNES, Simara Maria Tavares
ABREU, Daniela Gonçalves de
Institución
Resumen
This work analysed the contents of 701 disciplines from 22 chemistry courses that prepare chemistry teachers in 16 public Universities in Southeastern Brazil. Only a small number (23) of disciplines showed an explicit relationship between human activities and the environment. A total of 11 theoretical and 193 experimental disciplines explored to some extent scientific and technological aspects related to the environment, but did not include their relationship with society. As the experimental disciplines supposedly include some kind of waste treatment, this may explain why secondary school chemistry teachers work mainly on recycling programs and waste issues at their schools. The aim of this work is to provide information on which to base a much needed discussion about how to better prepare our chemistry teachers to act as Environmental Educators at school, as the Brazilian Education Legislation requires.