Sustainable Development in the Brazilian Amazon: Meanings and Concepts

Autor/in	de Andrade, Francisca Marli Rodrigues
Titel	Sustainable Development in the Brazilian Amazon: Meanings and Concepts
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28 (2020) 187, (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (de Andrade, Francisca Marli Rodrigues)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Sustainable Development; Ethnography; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Environmental Education; Educational Policy; Political Influences; Social Influences; Economic Factors; Public Policy; Laws; Epistemology; Barriers; Climate; Teacher Characteristics; Conservation (Environment); Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Ethnografie; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Öffentliche Ordnung; Law; Recht; Erkenntnistheorie; Klima; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Brasilien
Abstract	Social, political and economic relationships in the Amazon are mediated by nature and government policies, programs, and regulations, including environmental education policies, which have disseminated the concept of sustainable development in over recent years. Based on these elements, this study explores the social representations that give meaning to the concept of sustainable development among elementary teachers in the Amazon region. Adopting an ethnographic approach and drawing on the theory of social representations, we conducted a qualitative descriptive study with 121 teachers with a degree in pedagogy using questionnaires, group discussions and participant observation. The findings show that nature, environmental problems and Amazon culture exert a strong influence on representations of the concept of sustainable development. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01