Taking as a starting point research that examined the training paths and professional performance of a group of environmental educators, narrative aspects I have denominated 'the discourse of conscience' called our attention. Working from the autobiographical memorials of these educators, and with the theoretical and methodological theory of enunciation of Bakhtin (1986 and 2003), it was clear that the view was not appear as class conscious, but mostly as naive consciousness, mixed with the desire to contribute to the changes of the social-environmental contradictions of capitalism, without assuming a role of confrontation to the dominant ideology.
Teacher's professional performance; Environmental education; Autobiography