Ambientalização curricular na universidade para construção de sociedades sustentáveis

Abstract

The university is a potential reference for the transformation of society as it is the largest producer of knowledge, responsible for training professionals. In this sense, environmentalizing the curricula of HEIs is a means of including environmental issues in a critical and reflective way with the aim of training professionals with environmental responsibility and commitment, using principles and values in the different roles they assume. This research aimed to analyze the measurement of environmentalization indicators established by the Higher Education Curricular Environmentalization Network, in the curricula of four undergraduate courses at the Federal University of Amazonas and their contributions to the construction of sustainable societies. The research is qualitative using document analysis and Bardin Content Analysis techniques. The documentary analysis consisted of institutional documents: Institutional Development Plan - PDI/UFAM 2016-2025, Institutional Pedagogical Project - PPI/UFAM 2016-2025 and curricular documents: Course Pedagogical Projects - PPC, Syllabuses of the Curricular Components, the Curricular Guidelines of four degree courses from the four major teaching areas at UFAM: Law (Area of Human Sciences), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Area of Exact Sciences), Agronomy (Area of Agricultural Sciences) and Biotechnology (Area of Biological Sciences). The results found in the courses investigated indicate that UFAM curricula, depending on the area of knowledge they belong to, more or less frequently include Curricular Environmentalization. Therefore, this is an institution partially committed to curricular environmentalization, since the evidence found was mostly isolated without the practice of one of the principles emphasized in the ACES Network and in the UFAM Environmental Plan, transversality and interdisciplinarity. This would include the use of the theme throughout the course, effectively promoting an environmental commitment.