Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender Perspective
This paper is aimed at describing how students, based on their gender, innovate actions in favor of the environment, in order to recover their role in the promotion of environmental education, as well as the activities that motivate them and that they like to maintain their school. The research is c...
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| author | Adelina Espejel-Rodríguez Aurelia Flores-Hernández Isabel Castillo-Ramos |
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| description | This paper is aimed at describing how students, based on their gender, innovate actions in favor of the environment, in order to recover their role in the promotion of environmental education, as well as the activities that motivate them and that they like to maintain their school. The research is conducted within a qualitative methodology framework, with a sample of 80 male and female high school students. The information is collected using direct observation, questionnaires, and students’ opinions and is later systematized and processes for analysis and interpretation using a descriptive methodology. Results show differences and preferences between genders to innovate and mitigate problems, as well as differences in the reasoning and enthusiasm to perform environmental actions. One of the conclusions is that that women like to take care of the environment more than men since they show more interest in preserving it.<br /><br /> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cefdaffc1bec46a492778eda4f93b9622025-08-20T02:55:16ZengUniversidad Nacional, Costa RicaRevista Electrónica Educare1409-42582014-09-01183173810.15359/ree.18-3.26038Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender PerspectiveAdelina Espejel-Rodríguez0Aurelia Flores-Hernández1Isabel Castillo-Ramos2 Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Centro de investigaciones interdisciplinarias sobre desarrollo regional Tlaxcala, México Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Centro de investigaciones interdisciplinarias sobre desarrollo regional Tlaxcala, México Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Centro de investigaciones interdisciplinarias sobre desarrollo regional Tlaxcala, México This paper is aimed at describing how students, based on their gender, innovate actions in favor of the environment, in order to recover their role in the promotion of environmental education, as well as the activities that motivate them and that they like to maintain their school. The research is conducted within a qualitative methodology framework, with a sample of 80 male and female high school students. The information is collected using direct observation, questionnaires, and students’ opinions and is later systematized and processes for analysis and interpretation using a descriptive methodology. Results show differences and preferences between genders to innovate and mitigate problems, as well as differences in the reasoning and enthusiasm to perform environmental actions. One of the conclusions is that that women like to take care of the environment more than men since they show more interest in preserving it.<br /><br />http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/6089Educación ambientalgénerodeterioro. |
| spellingShingle | Adelina Espejel-Rodríguez Aurelia Flores-Hernández Isabel Castillo-Ramos Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender Perspective Revista Electrónica Educare Educación ambiental género deterioro. |
| title | Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender Perspective |
| title_full | Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender Perspective |
| title_short | Environmental Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico, High Schools from a Gender Perspective |
| title_sort | environmental education in tlaxcala mexico high schools from a gender perspective |
| topic | Educación ambiental género deterioro. |
| url | http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/6089 |
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