<b>Environment and environmental awareness: how university students conceive and act</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i2.7570

  • Angela Maria de Carvalho Maffia Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Elias Silva UFV
  • Laércio Antônio Gonçalves Jacovine UFV
Palavras-chave: environmental education, higher education and sustainability

Resumo

This exploratory study had the objective of analyzing issues concerning environmental themes among students coming from four different areas of knowledge, at a public university in the State of Minas Gerais. By the use of drawings, the students’ environmental concepts were identified. Global environmental and campus problems, as well as actions towards minimizing them, were investigated by using an open questionnaire. Independent of their performing area, a high number of students presented a reductionist view of the environment. Those from the areas related to natural sciences identified a higher number of problems at local and global levels than those from the areas known as humanities and math. The obtained data suggest the need for environmental education programs, which angle for greater student awareness in the search for sustainability and foster them to think about the current social model that we live in.

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Biografia do Autor

Angela Maria de Carvalho Maffia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Departamento de Educação Área de Didática e Metologias
Publicado
2011-02-08
Como Citar
Maffia, A. M. de C., Silva, E., & Jacovine, L. A. G. (2011). <b>Environment and environmental awareness: how university students conceive and act</b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i2.7570. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 33(2), 209-214. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i2.7570
Seção
Educação ambiental

 

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