Abstract

SANTOS, Igor Schutz dos  and  KUHNEN, Ariane. The Performance of Environmental Multipliers in Sanitation Understood in the Light of Emancipatory Environmental Education. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.1, pp.125-146.  Epub May 17, 2024. ISSN 1808-4281.  https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2022.66483.

Sanitation policies aim to improve and maintain well-being in society. In Brazil, work in companies within this context may include environmental education as an opportunity to raise populational awareness about the preservation of water resources. Thus, this research aimed to characterize environmental education for sanitation and to understand the role of educators in the light of the emancipatory model. It is an exploratory and qualitative study performed at Santa Catarina’s Water and Sanitation State Company. Environmental education activities were accompanied and interviews were carried with 19 workers responsible for these activities, called environmental multipliers. The characteristics of the activities were recorded through a field diary and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The interviews were recorded and the data were submitted to content analysis through the Atlas.ti software, version 7.5.7. Results led to identify characteristics from activities, visitors and participants. The identified categories demonstrated that the performance of environmental multipliers is understood by their development, relationship with main activities, competences, impacts on visitors and evaluation of the environmental education carried out. Such performance is partially congruent with critical and emancipatory environmental education. Opportunities were identified for the engagement of workers in environmentally responsible activities.

Keywords : environmental education; sanitation; workers..

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