A pesquisa de Educação Ambiental em encontros regionais

Abstract

This article analyses the VII Environmental Education Meeting of the State of Rio de Janeiro (VII EEA-RJ, 2003) and the IX Environmental Education Meeting of the State of Paraná (IX EPEA-PR, 2006). The analysis was carried out considering the origin of the works, the nature of the texts and their objectives regarding the research on Environmental Education (EE). All the 139 works documented are available in electronic format or on CD-ROM. By reading and outlining the texts it was possible to collect information on their indexings, keywords, research questions, objectives, hypothesi(e)s, methodologies, communities investigated, results, conclusions, still open issues, and references. The data processing through content analysis brought up three textual categories and six categories related to objectives. 56 works out of 139 were classified as researches, and 33 out of these presented related objectives. The information analysed shows diversity of textual patterns, of the relations between theoretical and empirical elements, and of the ways by which the investigations were planned and reported. In addition, it shows the production of a developing scientific community and different levels of research involvement.