Aprendizagem Para a Sustentabilidade: Caminhos Para O Uso Sustentável Dos Recursos Naturais Na Educação
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The increasing pressure on ecological systems highlights the need to rethink the relationship between society and nature, with education being a strategic field to promote changes in this dynamic. This study emerges from the field of postgraduate studies in education and aims to analyze the theoretical foundations that underpin learning for sustainability, relating it to the conscious use of natural resources. It starts from the premise that the current environmental crisis is also a crisis of knowledge, demanding pedagogical approaches that overcome disciplinary fragmentation and integrate social and ecological dimensions. The adopted methodology consists of a narrative literature review, exploring key concepts such as social learning, learning for sustainability, and socio-ecological systems. The analysis of the theoretical framework, grounded in the contributions of authors such as Tàbara, Pahl-Wostl, and Wals, allowed the identification of two structuring axes: the need to distinguish social learning from learning for sustainability and the importance of a multidimensional approach in curricula. The analysis of the bibliographic data shows that education for sustainability must go beyond the mere transmission of ecological information, acting on the development of the adaptive capacity of agents to deal with the complexities and limits of the systems of which they are a part. It concludes that the integration of conceptual frameworks such as Learning for Sustainability and multidimensional curricular structures are fundamental to forming citizens and professionals capable of making responsible decisions and promoting the reversal of destructive trends that affect the planet's life-support systems.
DOI: 10.63391/1nc0ev16
Author: Thiago Correia
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7155159024