Climate change and responsibilities: focus groups as a strategy to promote dialogue at the university

• Autor(a) principal: Bueno, Pedro Henrique
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Cordeiro, Thainá Marcella, Vismara, Lilian de Souza, Morais, Josmaria Lopes de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Remea - Revista Eletrônica do Mestrado em Educação Ambiental (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.furg.br/remea/article/view/15725
• topic: climate change; focus groups; university education; cambio climático; grupos focales; enseñanza superior; mudanças climáticas; grupos focais; ensino superior

The objective of this work was to investigate the production of dialogues in focus groups developed during a remote extension course in Environmental Education. The guiding question presented in this research clipping is: What do research participants say about the responsibilities to control climate change? Academic focus groups and graduates of a public university degree participated in the focus groups. The methodological approach was of a qualitative nature of the descriptive exploratory type. Data were constructed from the transcription of dialogues developed in focus groups. Content Analysis was used and the understandings that emerged from the dialogues led us to understand that the participants attributed the fight against climate change as being the responsibility of the State, the university and society