Educating to Manage or Managing to Educate? A Case Study at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

Objective: To verify the presence of environmental education in the Environmental Policy (Resolution Consuni nº17/2028), in the Institutional Development Plan (IDP) and in the actions of the Environmental Management Commission of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Theoretical framework: Some of the paths taken by professionals to regulate Environmental Education enable us to present and discuss the relationship between Education and Environmental Management as an inseparable process. Method: The methods used were exploratory and documentary research, with a qualitative approach and field research. Data collection analyzed the Environmental Policy (Resolution 17/2028), the UFPB IDP, and conducted structured interviews with the coordinators of the Environmental Management Commission, from 22/09/2021 to 27/10/2021. Results and conclusion: It can be concluded that the UFPB has not used management or environmental education to educate the academic community in a broad, systematic, regulatory and pedagogical way about the environment, since the CGA's policies and actions exist independently, without connection and institutional support from the UFPB. Implications of the research: The results and discussions imply the recognition that UFPB may be far from effectively contributing to the agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. Originalidade/valor: A originalidade está nos resultados encontrados, os quais darão subsídios para a reformulação da Política Ambiental da UFPB, que tem vigência até 2023. Ademais, enunciar a atuação da Comissão de Gestão Ambiental na UFPB é registrar as memórias sobre o tratamento e a valorização dados à Educação Ambiental dos universitários.