Levantamento de pesquisas sobre a educação ambiental na educação infantil: um recorte dos últimos cinco anos

Abstract

The occurrence of extreme climatic events has mobilized researchers and public managers toward understanding, preventing, and mitigating the effects of these events on people’s lives. In this sense, the theme of Environmental Education (EE) in Early Childhood Education (ECE) proves to be highly relevant, as discussions about the relationship between human beings and nature should begin in the earliest years of schooling. The objective of this study is to identify, through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), the conceptions of Environmental Education (EE) present in studies on EE in Early Childhood Education (ECE). The process of searching for and selecting articles was carried out in the SciELO database for the period from 2020 to 2024. The inclusion process followed the stages of reading the titles, abstracts, and keywords, which resulted in 15 (fifteen) studies being read in full. Of these, 7 (seven) empirical studies remained to compose the research corpus. With the aid of a guide, the information was extracted and organized into a table. The main results highlight: i) that the studies were categorized into diagnosis, teaching resources, and pedagogical practice, covering both elements of training and practice; ii) the conceptions of environmental education - conservationist, pragmatic, and critical - which underpinned the theoretical and methodological aspects. Overall, this study was of great relevance to the authors, as it contributed to their closer engagement with the theme of Environmental Education in Early Childhood Education, which is of great importance for pedagogical practice.