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The construction of sustainability conceptions of Brazilian students in elementary school

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  • Arthur William Pereira Silva

    (Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará) – IFCE)

  • Ana Lúcia de Araújo Lima Coelho

    (Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Federal University of Paraíba) – UFPB – Campus I Castelo Branco)

  • Helaine Cristine Carneiro Santos

    (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Federal Rural University of Pernambuco) – UFRPE)

  • Alípio Ramos Veiga Neto

    (Universidade Potiguar (Potiguar University) – UNP)

  • Brenda Nathália Fernandes Oliveira

    (Universidade Norte do Paraná (Northern University of Paraná) – UNOPAR)

  • Walid Abbas El-Aouar

    (Universidade Potiguar (Potiguar University) – UNP)

Abstract

Seeking to improve strategies and practices turned to education for sustainability, this research aimed to identify how the process of building sustainability conceptions in elementary school students takes place in a Brazilian institution. The present qualitative research complies with interpretive paradigm assumptions, and its main research method is the phenomenography analysis using drawings. The educational institution investigated in the study was the Pessoense Institute of Integrated Education (IPEI), in which students from the second, third, and fifth grades of elementary school participated in the research. As for the results, the students identified five different ways to understand sustainability, going from more external or superficial to broader. We were also able to notice that the process of creating these conceptions over elementary school years works progressively, that is, these conceptions expand along the school years. The findings in the research cooperate to improving practices of education for sustainability that is aimed at the teaching level studied for, when explaining the dynamics in the process of creating these sustainability conceptions from the students investigated, it supports a bolder choice of educational strategies, models and methods for such audience.

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  • Arthur William Pereira Silva & Ana Lúcia de Araújo Lima Coelho & Helaine Cristine Carneiro Santos & Alípio Ramos Veiga Neto & Brenda Nathália Fernandes Oliveira & Walid Abbas El-Aouar, 2024. "The construction of sustainability conceptions of Brazilian students in elementary school," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(2), pages 3849-3887, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:26:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s10668-022-02860-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-022-02860-z
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