Educação ambiental na educação infantil

Abstract

Abstract: This article aims to analyze how Environmental Education pedagogical practices are developed, in the Early Childhood Education stage, based on scientific articles collected in the Revista Brasileira de Educação Ambiental (RevBEA), the documents chosen to carry out this analysis are from the period that covers the years 2019 to 2023. To this end, the methodology adopted was qualitative research of the exploratory descriptive type with bibliometric analysis. The articles were evaluated and classified, and of the thirty-five texts found, seven of them were categorized and analyzed according to macro trends: conservative, pragmatic and critical, according to the classification of Layrargues and Lima (2011; 2014). The research results indicate that most of the practices carried out in Early Childhood Education in relation to Environmental Education fit into the conservative macro-trend. Therefore, it is concluded that it is necessary for teachers to reflect and understand the concepts of Environmental Education, so that their pedagogical practices are not only conservative, but also critical, helping to develop children's critical sense from an early age.