SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION FOR CHILDREN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PRESENTED IN THE REVISTA CIÊNCIA HOJE DAS CRIANÇAS

Abstract

Over the years, Scientific Dissemination and Environmental Education have been the subject of many discussions and research around the world, evidencing the concern with the way in which scientific and environmental information is being disseminated to the general public, as well as about the materials used to this disclosure. In this sense, these studies point to the Scientific Dissemination Text as a potential didactic resource to assist in the process of disseminating this knowledge by dealing with current issues in a clear and objective way. In this sense, the present study analyzes the proposals for environmental action presented in the texts of Revista Ciência Hoje das Crianças. This is a research with a qualitative approach and documentary typology, in which we conducted a study based on content analysis framework. The analysis was carried out in thirty-four magazines that correspond to the editions from june 2018 to june 2021, totaling eighty-one texts that make up our corpus of analysis. In our analyses, we found that the scientific dissemination of environmental issues in the magazine departs from a conservationist conception of the environment, prioritizing the physical and biological aspects of the environmental crisis and that being too concerned with the resolution of environmental problems, failing to present significant reflections on the social and political relations that are intrinsic to the environmental issue, resulting in a considered simple, superficial and non-politicized reading of the environment for its readers.