Knowledge of Trainee Teachers about the NewWater Culture: A Comparative Study between Two Spanish Cities
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Ramírez Segado, Alejandra; Rodríguez Serrano, María; Castro-Velásquez, Freddy Enrique; Benarroch Benarroch, AliciaEditorial
MDPI
Materia
New Water Culture Initial teacher training Sustainable development Water education Sustainability
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2023-09-13Referencia bibliográfica
Ramírez-Segado, A.; Rodríguez-Serrano, M.; Castro-Velásquez, F.E.; Benarroch, A.B. Knowledge of Trainee Teachers about the NewWater Culture: A Comparative Study between Two Spanish Cities. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13672. [https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813672]
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Project TED2021-129474B-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033; European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTRResumen
Education is the main tool society has for transforming cultural habits and making them
more sustainable. This work entails a comparative study in the sphere of initial teacher training
regarding the knowledge of future educators on the New Water Culture (NWC). An ad-hoc questionnaire
was administered to a sample of 1387 future primary and secondary school teachers studying
in Granada (N = 942) and Melilla (N = 455), both Spanish cities with diverse education and water
conditions. The results indicate that the trainee teachers in Granada display knowledge more in line
with the NWC. However, there are contents where the results are inverted due to the media impact
regarding water in Melilla. Furthermore, it is confirmed that both groups lack correct training that
allows them to transfer appropriate knowledge effectively and thus create new behaviours in future
generations in a visible and permanent way