Environmental Education and Teacher Training in Brazil: Objectives and Challenges

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the presence of Environmental Education in teacher training. To this end, the national legislation establishing education and public policies of Environmental Education was analyzed and discussed in the light of the primary references in the area. Present in Brazilian official documents since 1981, Environmental Education should be taught at all levels of education. However, its insertion in higher education is pointed out as a weakness, as it is worked in an unsystematic and disconnected way in the curricula. Therefore, it’s understood that further research in the area is necessary since the fundamentals learned during the formation process will directly reflect on the exercise of teaching.