Nature from an Ecopedagogical

a mapping of the brazilian scenario

Abstract

It is clear that the environment has become a topic of growing interest in education research, as changes in the environment have influenced ways of thinking and relating to nature. In this sense, this qualitative and bibliographic study poses the following question: what is revealed about Ecopedagogy in Brazilian dissertations and theses on Science Education? To this end, we aim to understand the main discussions, trends, and approaches to the concept of nature present in Brazilian dissertations and theses that deal with Ecopedagogy in the field of Science Education. To this end, we conducted a theoretical mapping, divided into three stages. In the first stage, we searched the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations for works that discuss Ecopedagogy in Science Education, resulting in 15 studies. In the second stage, we selected and identified aspects such as research objectives and results, which formed the corpus for the next stage. In the third stage, we analyzed the studies using Discursive Textual Analysis, thus obtaining two final categories. We selected only those that were relevant to the objective of this study. Therefore, we discussed “Between Nature and the Collective: Eco-pedagogical Meanings for a Sustainable Society.” As a result, we observed that the notion of nature, when viewed from an eco-pedagogical perspective, allows us to understand it not only as a resource but as part of reality and existence. Thus, we conclude that the construction of an ecologically sustainable society is only possible when we recognize nature through a conscious and rational gaze.