Curricular environmentalization in the training of receptive tourism professionals

Abstract

The article aimed to analyze the degree of curricular environmentalization of training courses for receptive tourism professionals in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. The objectives of the study were defined from the problematization of the importance of including environmental issues in professional training processes. The problem is addressed using as main theoretical references studies from the fields of environmental education, sustainable tourism, technical training, and curriculum environmentalization. The research corpus, submitted to content analysis, consisted of syllabuses from training courses for receptive tourism offered in Aracaju. The results show that the courses that have the highest degree of curricular environmentalization form far less professionals, while the courses that have the lowest degree of curricular environmentalization are those that form the vast majority of professionals.