Abstract
Environmental Education (EE) has had a significant growth as a response to the need for structural social change. Its foundations are found in both international and local standards, and its conceptual development has been extensive and complex. The aim of this article is to explore some statutory and conceptual elements underpinning EE, and its adoption in curricular terms in Colombia. The method used is limited to documentary analysis reason why a wide range of information was addressed from which inferences were made according to the purpose of the article. Among the results, it was found that EE has been taken according to the characteristics of each historical period, particularly since the 70’s in the twentieth century with a wealth of international and national standards, and that its implementation from school should respond to a joint and collective reflection of all school actors, both in its design and implementation. Any
Highlights
Environmental Education (EE) has had a significant growth as a response to the need for structural social change
Environmental education approach is valid whenever appropriate to the goals set by the school in line with local needs and problems, which are part of the learners’ reality
It is concluded that international and local environmental education norms are evidence of the importance that environmental protection and the approaches developed from the conceptual change make change possible provided that they integrate both critical and cognitive or socio-cognitive elements
Summary
Por educación se debe entender que se trata de un proceso de reproducción y transformación cultural, entendida la cultura como todas aquellas construcciones colectivas que componen los saberes, las creencias, las conductas y la organización social. La EA se entenderá como un proceso de reproducción y transformación cultural, es decir, los saberes, las conductas, las creencias y demás, en torno al cuidado y uso racional de cada uno de esos elementos que integran el medio ambiente, para no arriesgar las condiciones requeridas para una vida digna. Una de las funciones esenciales de la EA es abrir espacios de reflexión en torno a las relaciones del hombre respecto de los otros elementos que conforman el medio ambiente, y a su vez se traduce en acciones concretas para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas, especialmente las que se encuentran en situaciones de vulnerabilidad o excluidas
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