Environmental education and the health risk question: how do we educate the educators working with this theme?

dc.contributor.authorBonotto, D. M. Bianchini
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:28:46Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:28:46Z
dc.date.issued2007-01-01
dc.description.abstractOur society is presently seeing a trend of continuous increase of risk with severe consequences, especially those linked to environmental aspects. It has obligated us to reflect on this production and its effects, either positive or negative, and, after a long reflection, to think about the adopted model of civilization and the possibilities of changing such a model. The educational institution is among the social departments responsible for this revision process, since it represents one possibility to promote a more critical vision from society, providing it with tools needed for a more responsible action. However, schools are dominated by a traditional work, which does not allow for enough and proper attention to these relevant and current questions, and which involve a critical analysis of the conceptions and values established by our civilization, resulting in the present patterns of science-technology-society relations and their influence on the environment and health. Several research works have indicated a diversity of barriers that obstruct this necessary change. Since formal education plays an important role in the education of society for this theme, in this paper the possibilities and difficulty dealing with this problem are discussed, focusing on the question of teacher education, based on investigations related to teacher education programs for environmental education. The data collected show the urgency for introducing this theme in teacher training programs, taking into account the fact that educators have their own conceptions, values and attitudes that should be considered in these programs.en
dc.description.affiliationUNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Educ, Rio Claro, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Educ, Rio Claro, Brazil
dc.format.extent219-228
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2495/EHR070231
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Health Risk Iv. Southampton: Wit Press/computational Mechanics Publications, v. 11, p. 219-228, 2007.
dc.identifier.doi10.2495/EHR070231
dc.identifier.issn1747-4485
dc.identifier.lattes4980307107078303
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/38526
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000248249300023
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWit Press/computational Mechanics Publications
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Health Risk Iv
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectenvironmental educationpt
dc.subjectrisk literacypt
dc.subjecthealth educationpt
dc.subjectteacher education programspt
dc.titleEnvironmental education and the health risk question: how do we educate the educators working with this theme?en
dc.typeTrabalho apresentado em evento
dcterms.licensehttp://library.witpress.com/default.asp
dcterms.rightsHolderWit Press/computational Mechanics Publications
unesp.author.lattes4980307107078303
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt

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