Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian Context

<p class="p1">The aim of this discussion is to analyze environmental education in Colombia and its context in view of sustainable development, considering how to approach sustainability as a process of inclusion of educational institutions and based on the guidelines of national poli...

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Main Author: Gloria Yaneth Flórez-Yepes
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2015-09-01
Series:Revista Electrónica Educare
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/6867
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description <p class="p1">The aim of this discussion is to analyze environmental education in Colombia and its context in view of sustainable development, considering how to approach sustainability as a process of inclusion of educational institutions and based on the guidelines of national policy. Further, it highlights the importance of addressing environmental education in a context of social participation as a form of appropriation and action; in this sense, some conceptual bases are methodologically taken up and, from that point, we will be able to establish an analytical and critical stance. Its analysis considers four important aspects: i) sustainable development from its concept and evolution, ii) the concept of sustainability in education, iii) environmental education in Colombia, its evolution and impacts and iv) participatory action research as an important strategy to address the environmental education processes. The following conclusions were obtained: i) it is necessary to analyze the impacts generated by environmental education processes in Colombia, to determine whether its approach has been the most effective or if, on the contrary, there is a need to rethink and promote new scenarios for effective transformation processes; ii) environmental education is a challenge for all and it must be managed systemically and comprehensively. The analysis helps us to conclude that despite the great efforts that have been made in Colombia regarding environmental education, the country is still suffering from the problematization and adoption of an education for sustainable development that will allow for comprehensive training systemically involving all the scenarios that comprise sustainability.</p><p class="p1"> </p>
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spelling doaj-art-a09f21190dcc4c86960489b4bbcb0f272025-08-20T03:19:50ZengUniversidad Nacional, Costa RicaRevista Electrónica Educare1409-42582015-09-0119311210.15359/ree.19-3.56733Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian ContextGloria Yaneth Flórez-Yepes0 Universidad de Manizales Manizales, Colombia <p class="p1">The aim of this discussion is to analyze environmental education in Colombia and its context in view of sustainable development, considering how to approach sustainability as a process of inclusion of educational institutions and based on the guidelines of national policy. Further, it highlights the importance of addressing environmental education in a context of social participation as a form of appropriation and action; in this sense, some conceptual bases are methodologically taken up and, from that point, we will be able to establish an analytical and critical stance. Its analysis considers four important aspects: i) sustainable development from its concept and evolution, ii) the concept of sustainability in education, iii) environmental education in Colombia, its evolution and impacts and iv) participatory action research as an important strategy to address the environmental education processes. The following conclusions were obtained: i) it is necessary to analyze the impacts generated by environmental education processes in Colombia, to determine whether its approach has been the most effective or if, on the contrary, there is a need to rethink and promote new scenarios for effective transformation processes; ii) environmental education is a challenge for all and it must be managed systemically and comprehensively. The analysis helps us to conclude that despite the great efforts that have been made in Colombia regarding environmental education, the country is still suffering from the problematization and adoption of an education for sustainable development that will allow for comprehensive training systemically involving all the scenarios that comprise sustainability.</p><p class="p1"> </p>http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/6867Educación ambientaldesarrollo sostenibleinvestigación acción participativaprocesos de transformación
spellingShingle Gloria Yaneth Flórez-Yepes
Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian Context
Revista Electrónica Educare
Educación ambiental
desarrollo sostenible
investigación acción participativa
procesos de transformación
title Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian Context
title_full Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian Context
title_fullStr Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian Context
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian Context
title_short Environmental Education and Sustainable Development in the Colombian Context
title_sort environmental education and sustainable development in the colombian context
topic Educación ambiental
desarrollo sostenible
investigación acción participativa
procesos de transformación
url http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/6867
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