Ensino para o Antropoceno: contribuições da Ciência Ecologia

Abstract

Ecology is a complex and broad science, seeking to understand how ecosystems function and the factors that regulate the distribution of living beings on Earth. Ecology is fundamental in teaching, enabling students to not only interpret natural phenomena but also understand their role in the natural environment. Understanding how the natural environment functions is extremely important, especially in the current environmental crisis we are experiencing—a period of rising global temperatures, floods, droughts, and tornadoes—of an intensity and frequency far exceeding those experienced previously. In this dissertation, we evaluate the scientific trends being produced within the theme of teaching ecology in the Anthropocene and the scope of published scientific research. Through this research, we hope to contribute data that demonstrates how ecology teaching has been developing, highlighting its shortcomings and the potential contributions of this science to understanding the environmental crisis of our time.