TITLE:
Education and Sustainability in the Curriculum of the Technical Course in Buildings: Implementation and Challenges
AUTHORS:
Elcilene Costa da Silva, Simone da Silva
KEYWORDS:
Construction, Education, High School, Subjects, Sustainability
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.11 No.4,
July
31,
2023
ABSTRACT: Increasingly, humanity has established a predatory
relationship with nature due to the consumerist and capitalist model of
production. As a result of this lifestyle, humanity is rapidly approaching a
scenario of environmental disaster. Teaching and learning how to take care of
the world, how to care for the collective, how to reduce, recycle, and reuse
should be themes addressed in schools in a relevant and effective way. This
would not only raise awareness among students, but also among the entire
faculty of educational institutions, the professionals who work in them, the
community, society, and the world. Only through education will we be able to cultivate
behaviors and habits consistent with sustainability. To achieve this, the
curriculum needs to be restructured, allowing for an integrated approach to
incorporate sustainability concepts and sustainable development with school
knowledge and experiences. Considering that the disciplines of the Pedagogical
Project Course (PPC) of the Integrated Technical Course in Buildings do not
currently include the theme of sustainability, this work aims to identify and
propose the inclusion of teaching sustainability concepts and sustainable
development in the syllabi of technical courses in the integrated modality in
buildings within the civil construction area of the Federal Institute of
Amazonas (IFAM).