A Critical View of the History and Perspectives in the Field of Environmental Education: Study Focusing on the Brazilian Situation

Autor/in	Koury, Debora Maria Marques
Titel	A Critical View of the History and Perspectives in the Field of Environmental Education: Study Focusing on the Brazilian Situation
Quelle	In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 14 (2005) 3, S.160-172 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-2046
Schlagwörter	Social Problems; Environmental Education; Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; Sustainable Development; Educational History; International Organizations; Conferences (Gatherings); Developing Nations; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social problem; Soziales Problem; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Ausland; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Brasilien
Abstract	This paper attempts to examine the trajectory of environmental education, discussing the context of its public appearance, together with the social movements of the 1960s; its gradual consolidation as an interdisciplinary educational field, and some of its perspectives, in the light of contemporary socio-environmental problems. Focusing on the Brazilian situation, it discusses the ambiguous role of the United Nations in promoting international conferences concerning the environment. Such ambiguity is evidenced in the discussions involving both the polemic term "sustainable development" and the divergence of some of the ideas discussed during the official and the extra-official conferences that took place, simultaneously, in Brazil: Rio 92 and Eco-Forum. Based on the actual scenario of poor achievement of the objectives that were initially drawn for environmental education, the article attempts to call attention to the dramatic socio-environmental situation of Third Word countries, and to the necessity of more effective environmental education proposals, aiming to tackle both environmental and social problems. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10