Celso Sánchez

The promise and peril of the state in neoliberal times: implications for the critical environmental education movement in Brazil

Neoliberal ideology has made an impact on environmental education (EE) policies and practices in Brazil. The EE in Family Agriculture Program, of national scope and administered by the Ministry of the Environment, seeks to promote sustainable development in rural areas, specifically through strategies focused on adult education and non-formal education aimed at small producers (family agriculture). This program reveals profound ideological contradictions between the critical and transformative rhetoric of public policy and the actual program structures and practices administered by the state in a dependent economy, which primarily serve to reinforce a capitalist mode of production marked by high environmental impact and deeply stratified class relations. In the neoliberal era, states intending to protect the environment through critical EE strategies suffer serious limitations due to their role as stewards of a globalized economy based on the supply of raw materials, high-impact land-use, and a cheap labor force.

Formação inicial de professores de química na universidade federal de lavras: o discurso dos licenciandos e o projeto uflaciência

This paper aims to analyze, from a theoretical approach based on Bakhtinian discourse analysis, teacher training in chemistry engaged in the project UflaCiencia at the Federal University of Lavras. From clippings of statements of students, we sought to understand the dynamics involved in the complex process of teacher training, as well as the dilemmas and challenges that cross the students in their training practices. The work aims with this, highlight the importance of building research methods based on discourse analysis, according to Bakhtins approach to understanding the phenomena involved in this important phase of training.

Projovem urbano: uma breve análise do conteúdo de ciências

This work aims to analyze the content of the school subject Nature Sciences in the National Program of Inclusion of Youth, Urban ProJovem. We tried to take into consideration the target population, the age and the types of training in the Formative Units of the Project, having as theoretical reference the writings on Science, Technology and Society (STS) in a Freirian perspective for teaching science. KEYWORDS: Projovem, science education, science technology and society (STS)