A educação ambiental na interface com a educação infantil: uma revisão sistemática em periódicos indexados na plataforma Scielo

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to analyze scientific production on environmental education at the interface with early childhood education, between 2003 and 2023, available on the Scielo platform. In this way, we sought to reflect on the importance of practicing critical environmental education with young children and to map the presence of research in Brazil, identifying characteristics such as place of prevalence, time distribution, methodological aspects and conceptions of environmental education. This is a qualitative, bibliographical study. This study is important for observing how environmental education is promoted with young children. We found that there are not many scientific articles on the subject, and we found only a few that fit in with the proposal of this work. In analyzing two of these articles, we found a critical approach to environmental education, considering political, social and economic aspects. Its conclusions point to the need for more active participation by children in the learning process, through the creation of drawings, the construction of mind maps and the indication that programs should be made available that make it possible to carry out more environmental actions. The study indicates the need for more research in the area of environmental education linked to early childhood education, since in the absence of a significant number of findings it can be concluded that the subject is not as widely researched.