ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT THE FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF ALAGOAS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PEDAGOGICAL COURSE PROJECTS (PPCs)

Abstract

The need to build a sustainable awareness has been increasingly urgent. This article analyzes the presence and approach of Environmental Education in the Pedagogical Course Projects (PPCs) of technical courses integrated with high school offered by the Federal Institute of Alagoas (Ifal). The research, of a documentary nature, was conducted in 19 courses, distributed in 15 campuses, and used the technique of content analysis based on the keywords: "environmental education", "environment", "sustainability" and "interdisciplinarity". The results demonstrate significant variations in the treatment of these topics between courses and campuses, revealing a need for standardization and greater integration of sustainability concepts in the curricula. The study points to the importance of a deeper institutional alignment in relation to the guidelines of the National Policy for Environmental Education, aiming at a more critical and aware citizenship formation of contemporary environmental challenges.