Abstract

MOLANO NINO, Alba Carolina  and  HERRERA ROMERO, Juan Francisco. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A NECESARY REVIEW. Luna Azul [online]. 2014, n.39, pp.186-206. ISSN 1909-2474.

The aim of this research was to review and compare investigations of researches that have done significant contributions to the topic of environmental education in higher education in Latin America. A review of 51 works of different researchers of nine countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Spain, Mexico and Venezuela) that contribute with sufficient conceptual arguments to derive the criteria with which environmental education has been carried out in higher education institutions in the last 15 years in the countries of the region. The analysis criteria used for the review and comparison between researches were: areas of environmental education in the universities; and the pedagogical and the didactic and the curriculum in environmental education at the university. As principal results it is found that, though there are interesting and relevant experiences directed to curricular innovation, there are still many processes with trends towards the fragmented vision of reality, with curricula similar to plans of study and environmental education centered in disciplines. As a conclusion, the research proposes an alternative university environmental education.

Keywords : Environmental training higher education; environmental curriculum; environmental teaching.

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