Science Club and Learning Unit on Environmental Education: Contributions to an Ecological Thinking

Authors

  • Beatriz Garcia Lippert Mestre em Educação em Ciências e Matemática (PUCRS)
  • Valderez Marina Rosário Lima Doutora em Educação pela PUCRS/ PUCRS - Porto Alegre (RS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2316-9451.2020v8n2p109-126

Keywords:

Environmental education. Science club. Education by research.

Abstract

Currently, the Brazilian legislation regulates the need to debate Environmental Education in schools. However, many of the practices carried out in formal and non-formal education are still outdated and often superficial. The Science Club is a non-formal teaching and learning environment that allows the development of contents related to the environmental issue. Environmental Education was addressed in the present investigation through deep ecology and ecological thinking. In this scenario, the main goal of the study is to understand the contributions of the development of an Environmental Education learning unit in a Science Club for the improvement of students’ ecological thinking. The research is qualitative, and a case study was carried out. The research subjects are 11 students of 6th grade of Elementary School of a private college participating in a Science Club of Porto Alegre/RS. The method of data analysis used was the Discursive Textual Analysis. As a result, three major categories emerged: anthropocentric perceptions of club members; thinking in transition; and eccentric perceptions of the club. At the end of the research, it was possible to observe the improvement of students’ ecological thinking, expressed through ecocentric perceptions, integrative thinking, complex vision and autonomy.

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Author Biographies

Beatriz Garcia Lippert, Mestre em Educação em Ciências e Matemática (PUCRS)

Mestrado em Educação em Ciências e Matemática (PUCRS)/ PUCRS- Porto Alegre (RS)

Valderez Marina Rosário Lima, Doutora em Educação pela PUCRS/ PUCRS - Porto Alegre (RS)

Dra. em Educação pela PURCS

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Published

2020-11-24

How to Cite

LIPPERT, Beatriz Garcia; LIMA, Valderez Marina Rosário. Science Club and Learning Unit on Environmental Education: Contributions to an Ecological Thinking. Abakós, Belo Horizonte, v. 8, n. 2, p. 109–126, 2020. DOI: 10.5752/P.2316-9451.2020v8n2p109-126. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/abakos/article/view/19750. Acesso em: 20 aug. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Artigos completos / Full papers

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