Social representatations: theory, methodological procedures and environmental education - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i2.10256

Authors

  • Sebastiana Lindaura de Arruda Reis Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT
  • Marta Bellini Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i2.10256

Keywords:

social representation, research methods, environmental education

Abstract

The theory of social representations is the production of social knowledge. It focuses on the analysis of the construction and transformation of knowledge and tries to elucidate how social action and thought is tied together in social dynamics. The social representation is always representation of something (object) and one (subject). Studies in Social Representations knowledge are constructed by man's relationship with its environment. The Social Representations of the environment and the current values that include human relations has been the focus of research by government agencies and educators aware of the importance of environmental education in Brazil. The aim of this study was a review of different theoretical approaches and methodological Social Representation prepared by Serge Moscovici. We also focus on the methodological dimensions of social representations with emphasis in Environmental Education.

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Author Biographies

  • Sebastiana Lindaura de Arruda Reis, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT
    Bióloga, doutora do Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia da UFMT.
  • Marta Bellini, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
    É formada em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade de São Paulo (1977), mestrado em Educação pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (1985) e doutorado em Psicologia Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (1993). Atualmente é professora associada da Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Paraná. Atua na graduação em Ciências Biológicas. Tem experiência na área de Educação, ministra disciplinas e orienta no Mestrado em Educação Em Ciências. Pesquisa, principalmente, os seguintes temas: retórica e epistemologia genética com ênfase no ensino de ciências.

Published

2011-12-19

Issue

Section

Education

How to Cite

Reis, S. L. de A., & Bellini, M. (2011). Social representatations: theory, methodological procedures and environmental education - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i2.10256. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 33(2), 149-159. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i2.10256

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