Difficulties in carrying out Environmental Education in brazilian basic education institutions

Abstract

The prevailing social context on a global scale today, marked by socioeconomic inequalities and environmental degradation, emphasizes the importance of environmental education as a fundamental strategy in the quest for sustainability. However, despite the advances made in terms of its achievement in schools, this objective is far from being satisfactorily achieved, especially, in public educational institutions in Brazil; in particular, in the stages of basic education. Therefore, this research sought to identify the main difficulties in carrying out Environmental Education in Brazilian public institutions of basic education through the analysis of studies with different focuses on the subject. The list of difficulties found demonstrated a pattern of factors for the situation; those frequently pointed out by the researchers were: the absence of interdisciplinarity in the didactic approaches, the lack of conceptual mastery of the professors, the lack of motivation of the professors due to the working conditions, the lack of adequate infrastructure and the low effectiveness of traditional teaching methodologies. This set of adversities must be taken into account in the measures taken by public agents so that Environmental Education effectively becomes a regular practice in students' daily lives and provides a transformation of values ​​and attitudes in favor of a society based on sustainability.