CC.EDU - Working Group on Citizen Science and Education

Seminar

Environmental education, policies and public schools: foundations and possibilities in the Brazilian context 

May 8, 2025, 14h00 (GMT+1)

Online event

Environmental education in Brazil is a field of study, practice, and research that is still under construction despite its widespread implementation in different social spaces: scientific research, scientific dissemination, non-governmental organisations, social movements, public schools and universities. With this in mind, we intend to discuss environmental education in Brazil, particularly since the creation of the National Environmental Education Policy (PNEA) over 25 years ago and its development since then. We will also discuss its insertion in different social spaces, especially public schools, the different macropolitical-pedagogical tendencies, and concrete possibilities for environmental educational actions, based on a critical and anti-capitalist educational perspective.


Speakers
Lilian Giacomini Cruz – UEMS/Campo Grande/Brazil
Leonardo Kaplan – UERJ/Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
Marcela de Moraes Agudo – UNESP/Botucatu/Brazil, visiting post-doctoral research intern at CES, University of Coimbra

Commentary
Rita Campos – CES, University of Coimbra
Inês Vieira – CeiED, Universidade Lusófona

Moderator
Ana Maria Seixas – CES, FPCE, University of Coimbra


ZOOM link:  https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/95481727558


Estes seminário decorre no âmbito do OpEdu | Observatório de Políticas de Educação e Formação, em parceria com o CC.EDU | Grupo de Trabalho em Ciência Cidadã e Educação

Seminar within the Observatory for Education and Training Policies (OP.Edu) , in partnership with the Working Group on Citizen Science and Education (CC.EDU)