scholarly journals Bhutanese Teachers' and Students' Perceptions about Environmental Issues in Bhutan

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. e2263
Author(s):  
Kishore Mongar
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-224
Author(s):  
Natanael Gomes Lima ◽  
Karla Caroline Sousa Dornelas ◽  
Liberta Lamarta Favoritto Garcia Neres ◽  
Ana Paula Martins Guimarães ◽  
Júlio Cesar Ibiapina Neres ◽  
...  

O termo analfabetismo ambiental surgiu na conferência RIO-92 após destacarem a necessidade da implementação de um modelo sustentável que determinasse a relação das pessoas com os problemas ambientais, a fim de formar cidadãos comprometidos com as questões socioambientais. Neste contexto, a pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar o analfabetismo ambiental acerca da percepção dos docentes e discentes do Ensino Médio no município de Guaraí-TO, buscando identificar esse possível analfabetismo. Para o desenvolvimento deste trabalho foram utilizados recursos que auxiliassem nos levantamentos de dados, possibilitando uma visão mais clara desse analfabetismo por parte de professores e alunos. Através do uso de questionário e observações com o intuito de descrever as características dos entrevistados, foi possível perceber entre os professores uma visão predominantemente globalizada, ressaltando a relação homem-natureza e entre os alunos prevaleceu uma visão antropocêntrica, evidenciando a natureza como fonte de recursos para a sobrevivência humana. Foi possível perceber que os estudantes e profissionais da educação conhecem os conceitos básicos de ambiente, mas não possuem uma noção clara e objetiva de sua real dimensão, evidenciando o egocentrismo. Com essa análise, será possível traçar estratégias e realizar trabalhos de educação ambiental que possam contribuir para que esta comunidade escolar consiga facilmente compreender a complexidade do tema e as possíveis consequências da degradação ambiental e sociocultural nos dias atuais. Environmental illiteracy: the perception of teachers and students about the environment of a school in the municipality of Guaraí-TO The term environmental illiteracy emerged at the RIO-92 conference after highlighting the need to implement a sustainable model that determines the relationship of people to environmental problems in order to train citizens committed to social and environmental issues. In this context, the research aimed to analyze environmental illiteracy about the perception of teachers and high school students in the municipality of Guaraí-TO, seeking to identify this possible illiteracy. For the development of this work, resources were used to assist in data collection, allowing a clearer view of this possible illiteracy by teachers and students. Through the use of a questionnaire and observations to describe the characteristics of the interviewees, it was possible to perceive among the teachers a predominantly globalized view, emphasizing the relation between man and nature and among the students anthropocentric vision prevailed, evidencing nature as a source of resources for human survival. It was possible to perceive that the students and professionals of the education know the basic concepts of environment, but do not have a clear and objective notion of its real dimension. With this analysis, it will be possible to draw up strategies and carry out environmental education works that can contribute to this school community being able to easily understand the complexity of the theme and the possible consequences of environmental and sociocultural degradation. Key words: Environmental Perception, Illiteracy, Environment and Environmental Education.


Author(s):  
Rossano André Dal-Farra ◽  
Ney David Veloso

Resumo: O presente artigo apresenta os resultados preliminares de um estudo realizado com licenciandos de Matemática de uma instituição pública de Boa Vista/RR relacionando interdisciplinaridade, situações-problema e questões ambientais locais e globais. Entre as premissas que motivaram os pesquisadores para a realização desses estudos estão: a urgência da questão ambiental na Região Amazônica da qual faz parte Roraima e a relevância de incluir os saberes matemáticos na compreensão desses aspectos por parte de docentes e discentes. Um grupo de 30 graduandos do primeiro semestre participou de atividades envolvendo a exposição dialogada, debates com docentes/pesquisadores e a aplicação de questionários compondo um conjunto de dados analisados por meio dos Métodos Mistos. A maior parcela dos estudantes considerou satisfatória a abordagem vivenciada na educação básica em relação à interdisciplinaridade (84%), situações-problema (63%) e questões ambientais (60%), embora considerem de grande relevância abordar esses aspectos na Licenciatura em Matemática, indicando boas possibilidades para a adoção de práticas educativas calcada na transversalidade e na interdisciplinaridade no âmbito da formação inicial de professores. Palavras-chave: Interdisciplinaridade. Educação Matemática. Formação de Professores. Educação Ambiental. Situações-problema. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE INITIAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS OF BOA VISTA/RR: TRANSVERSAL THEMES AND INTERDISCIPLINARITYAbstract: This article presents the preliminary results of a study performed with licensees of Mathematics of a public institution of Boa Vista/RR correlating interdisciplinarity, problem situations, and local and global environmental issues. The assumptions that motivated the study are the urgency of the environmental issue in the Amazon region, the relevance of including the mathematical knowledges in understanding of these aspects on the part of teachers and students. A group of 30 undergraduate students of first semester participated of activities involving exposure dialogued, discussions with teachers/researchers and the application of questionnaires composing a set of data analyzed by mixed methods. The majority of students considered satisfactory the approach experienced in basic education in relation to interdisciplinarity (84%), problem situations (63%) and environmental issues (60%). However, they considered relevant to address these aspects in Mathematics, indicating good opportunities for the adoption of educational practices with transversality and interdisciplinarity in the framework of the teacher initial education. Keywords: Interdisciplinarity. Mathematics education. Teacher Education. Environmental Education. Problem-situations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6011
Author(s):  
Rosa María Brito ◽  
José Luis Aparicio ◽  
Columba Rodríguez ◽  
Juana Beltrán

Superior education institutions are interested in training human resources with a holistic and critical vision, which contribute to the attention of environmental problems from the health area. The objective was to analyze, with indicators and indexes, the achievement reached regarding the level of sustainability in the functions of directors, teachers, and students at the Superior School of Nursing No. 1 of the Autonomous University of Guerrero, Mexico. The methodology was quantitative; interviews were applied to three directors, and surveys to 18 teachers and 226 students. On environmental issues, the findings show that teachers have scarce knowledge, with 14%; directors vary significantly, registering 58%; meanwhile, students are located at 60%. In the social indicator, students had 66%, directors 64%, and teachers 31%; the economic indicator was the least valued with 41% for students, 40% for directors, and 15% for teachers. The sustainability index for teachers was 0.19%, in “collapse”; for directors and students, it was “unstable”, with 0.56% and 0.58%, respectively. It was concluded that teachers prioritize disciplinary content; students express greater concern, knowledge, and interest for the environment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 753-758
Author(s):  
Silvia Woll

Innovators of in vitro meat (IVM) are convinced that this approach is the solution for problems related to current meat production and consumption, especially regarding animal welfare and environmental issues. However, the production conditions have yet to be fully clarified and there is still a lack of ethical discourses and critical debates on IVM. In consequence, discussion about the ethical justifiability and desirability of IVM remains hypothetical and we have to question those promises. This paper addresses the complex ethical aspects associated with IVM and the questions of whether, and under what conditions, the production of IVM represents an ethically justifiable solution for existing problems, especially in view of animal welfare, the environment, and society. There are particular hopes regarding the benefits that IVM could bring to animal welfare and the environment, but there are also strong doubts about their ethical benefits.


Crisis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth King ◽  
Neil Frost

Abstract. A retrospective suicide study revealed that the Forestry Commission car parks in the New Forest in southern England were a previously unrecognized magnet for nonlocal suicides, attracting as high a proportion of “visitors” (35/43 in 1993-97) as among suicides who jumped from the cliffs at the infamous Beachy Head (39/48 in 1993-97). Over 95% of the car park suicides died from car exhaust gas poisoning. A multiagency initiative aimed to reduce the number of suicides in the 140 New Forest car parks where restricting access was impossible, and environmental issues paramount. Signs displaying the Samaritans' national telephone number were erected in the 26 car parks in which 50% of the car park suicides had occurred. Numbers, location, and residence of all car park deaths were monitored for 3 years. Corresponding changes in other forest registration districts were also monitored. During the 3-year intervention period the number of car park suicides fell significantly from 10/year, 1988-1997, to 3.3/year. The average annual total number of suicides in the New Forest registration district also decreased. No significant changes were found in comparable forest districts. The number of suicides in the New Forest car parks remained low during the 2 years following the evaluation.


2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. van Staden ◽  
V. Willers ◽  
L. Craffert ◽  
J. Marais ◽  
A. Fiedeldey ◽  
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