Ambientalização curricular no ensino superior: o caso do curso de Administração da UNOESTE.

Abstract

For a long time, environmental issues were treated in isolation in relation to social, economic and cultural factors. However, the concern with environmental issues has become inserted into the curriculum universes of several higher education institutions. At the Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE), this concern has been demonstrated in undergraduate courses, including courses in Applied Social Sciences. This study aims to analyze how environmental concerns has been represented in teaching, research and extension activities of the Unoeste Administration course. In this case study the insertion of the Curricular Ambientalization in Brazil and the instruments of environmental education were analyzed; In such a way in which the Curricular Ambientalization was inserted in the Administration course; and finally, the visibility of the environmental concern by the coordination of the professors and students of the course. A bibliographic survey, a primary and secondary documentary analysis of documents, a questionnaire of the coordination, the professors and students, and finally an analysis and interpretation of the data that was carried out. The results show that the environmental concern is expressed in the Pedagogical Project of the Course and in 13.33% of the Teaching Plans. Already in the registered research projects, an increase in the relative frequency of keywords involving the environmental theme from the year 2016 was observed. The questionnaire with the coordination of the course, professors and students showed that in general, the course has an environmental concern, but needs to be strengthened. The coordination of the course sees the importance of the environmental theme and this was reflected in the creation of new disciplines to deal with the subject and recognizes that the environmental education in the course is still fragile and the understanding of the students and professors about the education focused on sustainability is very variable.