Environmental education and climate change: analyzing the Sustainable Schools Program

Abstract:

Environmental Education (EE) has the potential to contribute to fundamental socio-environmental transformations in contemporary society. In this sense, the objective in this study was to analyze the pedagogical proposals developed by the Sustainable Schools Program, from the perspective of EE and Climate Change (CC) in Teresina, Piauí state, Brazil. The qualitative study consisted of documentary research. We used content analysis to interpret the data. After floating reading, the following categories were established: Education and sustainability at school; EE and environmental awareness; Education, CC, and anthropogenic actions. It was found that the discussion about CC is incipient in the school context, even if topics are part of the curriculum, such as: knowledge regarding climate dynamics, climatic phenomena, climate zones and morphoclimatic domains; it is essential to promote reflections on EA and CC. Therefore, it is important to implement public policies and develop pedagogical proposals aimed at climate education integrated with EE.

Keywords:
Environmental education; Public policy; Climate change; Pedagogical project