Educação ambiental na universidade: construindo possibilidades Environmental education at university level: proposed ways

Abstract

Environmental education is a big challenge in this century and the University has an important role to play in it. This paper presents a practical experience of environmental education in the university teaching at the University of Bahia. That experience involves the creation of an interdisciplinary group that has been developing research and teaching activities with interdisciplinary perspectives. The paper also discusses a methodology proposed by this group aiming to include environmental education in science teaching using social and cultural approaches.

Keywords

• environmental education
• interdisciplinarity
• science teaching