Rural Students Conceptrons about the Environment

This is a research description results on environmental education, that was aimed to characterize the conceptions and beliefs of some primary school students in a rural sector, belonging to the Salamanca Technical Institution, located in the Samaca municipality, of the Boyaca Departament-Colombia, I...

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2015
Institución:
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
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RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
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spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/10543
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https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ciencia_agricultura/article/view/4113
https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/10543
Palabra clave:
environmental education
rural sector
rural students.
Educación ambiental
Escuela rural
Estudiantes rurales
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Summary:This is a research description results on environmental education, that was aimed to characterize the conceptions and beliefs of some primary school students in a rural sector, belonging to the Salamanca Technical Institution, located in the Samaca municipality, of the Boyaca Departament-Colombia, It was based on pro-environmental aspects four main categories: a) Individual concern, b) Social preoccupation, c) Confidence and d) Criterion. A specific 29 items test and a Likert responsescale (4 options), based on the article ”sca|e environmental attitudes toward specific problems"(1) was adapted. With these preliminary results it can be concluded, that there is a great individual concern in several aspects related to environmental problems.Therefore, to promote environmental education is necessary a process of values, concepts and attitudes recognition,in order to potentiate the educational strategies that generate positive social and cultural change implementation.