Biodiversidade marinha e os impactos ambientais no contexto da educação básica: uma análise de características dos trabalhos publicados no período de 2014 a 2024

Abstract

Biodiversity is the result of a long historical process of biological evolution that translates into genetic diversity. Coastal marine ecosystems are responsible for harboring high biodiversity, providing a set of environmental services that are fundamental to the maintenance and balance of the environment. The impacts caused in these environments constitute a serious problem for marine biodiversity and the existence of humanity. In basic education, the teaching of science and biology, aligned with Environmental Education (EE), plays a fundamental role in the education of students, enabling them to develop a more critical and conscious view of marine environmental issues, and to act as agents of transformation of the environment. However, what we currently observed are several challenges and gaps in the teaching about marine biodiversity and environmental impacts, which hinder the construction of environmental awareness in the school community. Therefore, the present study aims to verify the contribution of academic research in the area of basic education on marine biodiversity and environmental impacts, based on the analysis of works published between 2014 and 2024. The study consists of a bibliographic research with a qualitative approach based on categorical content analysis. The results present the relationship between the number of selected articles and their temporal and geographic distributions, the main levels and types of education, approaches to research in education, the technical procedures used in the research, such as approaches, methods, and data collection and analysis techniques, as well as the main types of education, teaching methods, teaching activities and resources, the thematic areas of marine/coastal biology and environmental impacts, types of ecosystems and the main taxonomic groups. Through this study, it was possible to verify that research in the area of marine biodiversity and environmental impacts in basic education has gradually been gaining space in scientific publications, although it is still relatively limited.