Tecendo reflexões sobre a ambientalização curricular na formação de professores de ciências/biologia

Abstract

Considering that the Curricular Greening phenomenon is a concern in Brazilian universities, this research discusses the aspects related to how the environmental dimension is assimilated by the Biological Sciences Undergraduate Course at Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). We aimed to comprehend the referred phenomenon through the narratives made by six teachers who teach in this course, adopting as methodology a comprehensive-interpretative reference based on phenomenology and hermeneutic principles. From the definition of the researches central objective and the choose of the theoretical and methodological resources, were made semi-structured interviews, in which the teachers related their conceptions, experiences, expectations and wishes related to the greening phenomenon which is under way at UFRPE. When analyzing the interviews, we were able to highlight five mainly themes, which are: (1) the environmental question and its multiple meanings; (2) their personal experiences which led them to get closer to the environmental area; (3) the environmental problem insertion on the courses through didactic strategies; (4) the current curricular structure as a factor that makes the environmental question insertion more difficult; (5) the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco and the opportunities to the institutional greening. After the analysis, we could conclude that the initiatives to green the curriculum on our research context are directly associated to a previous experience with the environmental question, and not a prerogative to act in accordance to the existing regulation to teacher´s training. So, we understand that curricular greening is linked to a larger sense, more proactive than reactive, when it is observed from the docent point of view. Despite that, it is still restrict on the curricular context.