Conceptions about environment and environmental education by teachers from rural schools in Bogotá - Colombia

Abstract

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.

Trainee Teachers’ Perceptions of Socio-Environmental Problems for Curriculum Development

“…The analysis of perceptions regarding the environment within the field of education has sparked interest for decades in different countries, analysing misconceptions held (Tahsin 2003), with recommendations on educational approaches in teacher training (Van Petegem et al 2005), perceptions about Creative Thinking for environmental education (Daskolia et al 2012) and environmental education it-self (Mosothwane 2002). Studies of the perceptions held by inservice teachers are also a constant thread running through the literature on the subject (Flogaitis and Agelidou 2003;Benavides-Lahnstein and Ryder 2020;Galvis-Riaño et al 2020;Munoz et al 2009).…”