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Environmental issues have been considered increasingly urgent for society. The aim of this paper is to discuss the importance of the Environmental Education (EE) in teacher’s academic formation, since they have a fundamental role as agents of social transformation. According to legal documents, the environment is a transversal theme and should be treated in an interdisciplinary way, covering political, economic, historical as well as ecological issues. The difficulty of working this way comes from the fragmentation of knowledge and science. Thus, teachers have difficulties in developing EE projects since they have graduated under the fragmented view of knowledge and EE was not part of their academic lives. For these reasons, there is the necessity of investing in initial and continued training courses that provide teachers and prospective teachers subsidies so they can work and be environmental educators. This study investigated how teachers and students use the Facebook social.||A questão ambiental vem sendo considerada cada vez mais urgente para a sociedade. Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a importância da Educação Ambiental (EA) na formação acadêmica do professor, uma vez que esse tem papel fundamental como agente de transformação social. Segundo documentos legais, tais como os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais e a Política Nacional de Educação Ambiental, o meio ambiente é um tema transversal e deve ser tratado de forma interdisciplinar, abrangendo questõesde ordem política, econômica, histórica além de ecológica. A dificuldade de se trabalhar desta forma vem da fragmentação do saber e das ciências. Assim os docentes encontram dificuldades na elaboração de projetos em EA, já que foram formados dentro da visão fragmentada do conhecimento e a EA não fez parte da sua vida acadêmica. Por essas razões, há a necessidade de se investir em cursos de formação inicial ou continuada que forneçam aos professores, atuais e futuros, subsídios para que possam trabalhar e praticarem a educação ambiental.Palavras-chave: Educação Ambiental. Meio Ambiente. Formação deprofessores. Universidades.Environmental education in teacher’s academic formationAbstractEnvironmental issues have been considered increasingly urgent for society. The aim of this paper is to discuss the importance of the Environmental Education (EE) in teacher’s academic formation, since they have afundamental role as agents of social transformation. According to legal documents, the environment is a transversal theme and should be treatedin an interdisciplinary way, covering political, economic, historical as well as ecological issues. The difficulty of working this way comes from the fragmentation of knowledge and science. Thus, teachers have difficulties in developing EE projects since they have graduated under the fragmented view of knowledge and EE was not part of their academic lives. For these reasons, there is the necessity of investing in initial and continued training courses that provide teachers and prospective teachers subsidies so they canwork and be environmental educators.This study investigated how teachers and students use the Facebook socialKeywords: Environmental Education. Environment. Teacher’s Formation. Universities.
