Contributions from the Field of Design to Environmental Education in Elementary School

Marianne Lachmann; Rita Maria de Souza Couto; Roberta Portas

doi:10.21814/childstudies.6841

Authors

Marianne Lachmann Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2796-1469 (unauthenticated)
Rita Couto Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-5304 (unauthenticated)
Roberta Portas Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3107-9108 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21814/childstudies.6841

Keywords:

Environmental education, playful activities, sustainability, Partnership Design, polyphony

Abstract

Part of the doctoral research project “Partnership networks and the enabling of empowering activities in nature with children from Petropolis’ municipal schools,” developed in the Interdisciplinary Design Education Laboratory within the Design Graduate Program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, this article seeks to present how Design has contributed to the implementation of empowering activities with children in Petropolis’ municipal schools. These activities integrate life, science and arts and are made possible by local, community-based networks, in partnership with the schools. For this purpose, an articulation is weaved between three focal cuts in the thesis in progress: the relevance of working based on the “realism that matters” (“matter realism”), present in (post)qualitative research; the research fieldwork guided by PUC-Rio’s`Partnership Design methodology; and Victor Papanek’s (1971) vision on how Design and Education dialogue, aiming at overwhelming and empowering learning experiences, illuminating their decisive contributions to environmental education, the thesis’ theme.

Author Biographies

Marianne Lachmann, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil

Marianne Von Lachmann holds a degree in Administration from the Brazilian School of Public Administration of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (1983), a master's degree in Design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2022) and is currently a doctoral student in the Graduate Programme in Design at PUC-Rio (passed the qualifying exam on 09/07/2024), writing mainly about environmental education, environmental conservation units, recreational activities, empathy and commitment to the cause of environmental conservation. She has experience in the field of Administration with an emphasis on international relations, serving on the board of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Association (AEB), on the FIRJAN Business Councils for International Relations and Infrastructure (Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro) and on the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO).
Rita Couto, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil

PHD in Education by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Founder and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Design Education Laboratory. Professor emeritus of the Arts and Design Department, teaching in both Graduate and Undergraduate Programs of Design.
Roberta Portas, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil

PHD in Design, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Tenured professor in the Arts and Design Department, teaching in both the Graduate and Undergraduate Design Programs.

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