Conceptions about environment and Environmental education by teachers from rural schools in Bogotá — Colombia
Identificadores
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/65963Metadatos
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Associacao Nacional de Pos-Graduacao e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade
Materia
Environmental education Teacher conceptions Environment Multiple Item Classification
Fecha
2020Referencia bibliográfica
C. Galvis, F.J. Perales y Y. Ladino (2020). Conceptions about environment and Environmental education by teachers from rural schools in Bogotá — Colombia. Ambiente & Sociedade, 23, 1-20
Resumen
The concepts of Environment and Environmental Education
(EE) were characterized by a sample of teachers from four rural
schools in Bogotá. EE currents were regarded as a theoretical reference
(Sauvé, 2010), an aspect considered for the methodology and analysis
of information. Interviews were conducted by applying the Multiple
Item Classification and using environmental news images. The aim was
for teachers to make classifications according to their knowledge and
experiences. Based on their own descriptions, the classifications were
categorized pursuant to EE currents. The information obtained made
it possible to establish that educators have different ways of addressing
the environmental issue and associating it with their educational
practice. There was a strong tendency to assume that the Environment
and EE are a biological and conservationist issue, basic aspects for life
in the countryside.