CONTRIBUTIONS OF EDUCATION TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE INITIAL TRAINING OF PEDAGOGES: THE CASE OF THE DISTANCE PEDAGOGY COURSE AT UDESC (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This article presents the partial results of the research project “Contributions of Education for Sustainability in the initial training of pedagogues: the case of the UDESC Distance Pedagogy Course”, presented in the VI International Colloquium on Education – Democracy in times of crisis, which took place in September 2018 in the city of Joaçaba, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The objective of the research was to understand and identify the conceptions of academics about the approach proposed by the discipline Education for Sustainability, curricular component of the seventh phase of the degree course in Pedagogy in the distance modality offered by the ‘’Centro de Educação a Distância’’ (Distance Education Center) in ‘’Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina’’. An effort was also made to identify the discipline's contributions to the development of interdisciplinary actions and practices, as well as to qualify the initial teacher training process. The methodological approach adopted in data collection and analysis was qualitative. It is hoped that the results of the research can contribute to the professional qualification of pedagogues, equipping them with teaching strategies and methodologies that are more adequate to the context of transformations of this 21st century.