Abstract

BONILLA, Yaquelin Nayibe  and  GARZON, Isabel. Some Characteristics of the Environmental Context of the Tabora School to Project the Eco-Citizen Training of Fifth Grade Students. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2022, n.51, pp.57-76.  Epub Oct 15, 2022. ISSN 0121-3814.  https://doi.org/10.17227/ted.num51-11916.

In the teaching of natural sciences and environmental education, there is consensus in considering the school context to design training proposals in the classroom, especially if they are aimed at elementary school students. In this sense, this research article presents some characteristics of the environmental context of the Tabora School, a district educational institution of Bogotá, as a framework to relate environmental education with science and the eco-citizen for fifth grade students. These characteristics are established from the descriptive qualitative analysis of the responses to a questionnaire applied to the students of this grade and the content analysis of three documents, the prae of the Tabora school, the diagnosis of the prae of the town of Engativá and the conceptions of environmental education of public schools of Bogotá. From the results and conclusions, the possibility of generating innovative proposals, in this school, for education stands out. primary eco-science from the leadership of teachers and the interest in reflecting on socio-environmental problems, linking human formation to interrelationships between the territory, society, and the environment.

Keywords : eco-citizenship; PRAE; socio-environmental issues; environmental education; Science, Technology, Society and Environment (CTSA).

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