Pedagogia da terra e cultura de sustentabilidade
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2005
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University of Lusophone Humanities and Technology
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O presente artigo pretende ser um desafio à reflexão sobre os grandes problemas que se colocam aos seres humanos nas sociedades actuais. As reflexões que se fazem têm, sobretudo, um carácter antropológico e ético. Antropológico, porque se trata de promover uma nova concepção de homem que, inserido no Cosmos, se questione sobre o sentido da vida, que, por sua vez, não está separado do sentido do Planeta; ético, porque os novos princípios reguladores da actividade humana terão de se basear num novo paradigma que tenha a Terra como fundamento e centro. A mudança de paradigma terá, por certo, implicações na Educação. A Pedagogia da Terra, ou Ecopedagogia, entendida como movimento pedagógico, como abordagem curricular e como movimento social e político, representa um projecto alternativo global que tem por finalidades, por um lado, promover a aprendizagem do sentido das coisas a partir da vida quotidiana e, por outro, a promoção de um novo modelo de civilização sustentável do ponto de vista ecológico.
This paper aims to be3 a challenge to the reflection on the great problems faced by human beings in today’s societies. The reflections conducted are mostly of an anthropological and ethical nature. Anthropological as it is about promoting a new concept of Man, who, being a part of the Cosmos, wonders about the meaning of life, which, on the other hand, is not separate from the meaning of the Earth; ethical because the new principles regulating human action must be based on a new paradigm which has the Earth as its root and foundation. This change in paradigm must certainly have implications for education. The Pedagogy of the earth, or Ecopedagogy, understood as a pedagogical movement, a curricular approach and a social and political movement, represents a global alternative project aimed at promoting, on the one hand, the learning of the meaning pf things, based on everyday life and, on the other, a new model of civilization which is sustainable from an ecological point of view. The education for a planetary citizenship demands the reconsideration of our curricula, a reorientation of our perception of the world of education a s an area of the individual’s inclusion not just in a local community, but in a community which is, at the same time, local and global. A planetary citizenship is, in its essence, an integral citizenship, therefore an active and full citizenship, which also presupposes the existence of a planetary democracy.
This paper aims to be3 a challenge to the reflection on the great problems faced by human beings in today’s societies. The reflections conducted are mostly of an anthropological and ethical nature. Anthropological as it is about promoting a new concept of Man, who, being a part of the Cosmos, wonders about the meaning of life, which, on the other hand, is not separate from the meaning of the Earth; ethical because the new principles regulating human action must be based on a new paradigm which has the Earth as its root and foundation. This change in paradigm must certainly have implications for education. The Pedagogy of the earth, or Ecopedagogy, understood as a pedagogical movement, a curricular approach and a social and political movement, represents a global alternative project aimed at promoting, on the one hand, the learning of the meaning pf things, based on everyday life and, on the other, a new model of civilization which is sustainable from an ecological point of view. The education for a planetary citizenship demands the reconsideration of our curricula, a reorientation of our perception of the world of education a s an area of the individual’s inclusion not just in a local community, but in a community which is, at the same time, local and global. A planetary citizenship is, in its essence, an integral citizenship, therefore an active and full citizenship, which also presupposes the existence of a planetary democracy.
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EDUCAÇÃO, PEDAGOGIA, CIDADANIA, EDUCATION, PEDAGOGY, CITIZENSHIP
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Gadotti, M 2005, 'Pedagogia da terra e cultura de sustentabilidade', Revista Lusófona de Educação, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 15-29.