Environmental perceptions and attitudes: foundations for critical Environmental Education in Conservation Units

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https://doi.org/10.34024/revbea.2024.v19.19069

Keywords:

Social actors, Pro-environmental behaviors, Climate change, Iguaçu National Park, Environmental issues

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the environmental perceptions of social actors residing in the surrounding of Iguaçu National Park (Paraná - Brazil). The research was characterized as qualitative-quantitative, and data collection occurred through the application of a questionnaire. The analysis was conducted interpretively and through the calculation of average ranking. The results showed that participants attribute the causes of climate change to human activity and perceived its impacts in a short period of time. Additionally, they highlighted the importance of discussing various environmental topics at all levels and modalities of education and exhibited attitudes demonstrating pro-environmental behaviors.

Author Biographies

  • Diesse Aparecida de Oliveira Sereia, Federal Technological University of Paraná

    Professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) since 2013. Graduated in Biological Sciences (2005), with a specialization in Education and Environmental Management (2012), and a Ph.D. in Comparative Biology from UEM (2012). She worked for 7 years (2004-2010) as a Basic Education teacher in the public school system of the state of Paraná. She was the coordinator of the Institutional Program for Teaching Initiation (PIBID) between 2017 and 2018, and of the Pedagogical Residency program from 2019 to 2021. She has experience in research and teaching in the field of Ecology and Education, with an emphasis on Environmental Education and Conservation, focusing primarily on the following topics: conservation of natural resources, non-formal environmental education in conservation units, and teacher training. She is currently the coordinator of the Thematic Chamber of Environmental Education and the Political Pedagogical Project Mediated by Environmental Education of Iguaçu National Park, as well as a member of the State Interinstitutional Commission on Environmental Education (CIEA) in the state of Paraná.

  • Ana Tiyomi Obara, State University of Maringá

    Graduated in Biological Sciences from the State University of Londrina - UEL (1987), Master in Ecology and Natural Resources from the Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar (1992), and Ph.D. in Sciences from UFSCar (1999). She was a collaborating professor in the Department of Environmental Technology at the Federal Technological University of Paraná - UTFPR (1999-2000). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the State University of Maringá - UEM, in the field of Teaching, from 2000 to the present. She conducts studies and research in the areas of Environmental Education and Science Teaching, focusing primarily on the following topics: teacher training, didactics in Science and Biology teaching, and Environmental Education in schools, conservation units, and communities. In 2003, she created the Study, Research, and Dissemination Group for Science and Biology Teaching and Environmental Education - SEMINARE. She was the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education - PCM/UEM from 2011 to 2013 and the Vice-Rector of Teaching at UEM from 2014 to 2018. Since December 2018, she has been an Associate Researcher at the Research Center on Education and Training in Environmental and Ecocitizenship Education at the University of Quebec in Montreal - UQAM.

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RODRIGUES, Karlen; DE OLIVEIRA SEREIA, Diesse Aparecida; TIYOMI OBARA, Ana. Environmental perceptions and attitudes: foundations for critical Environmental Education in Conservation Units. Brazilian Journal of Environmental Education, [S. l.], v. 19, n. 7, p. 279–293, 2024. DOI: 10.34024/revbea.2024.v19.19069. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/revbea/article/view/19069. Acesso em: 13 dec. 2025.