Definition of strategies for environmental education at the basic level of Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia

Abstract

The work focuses on Environmental Education from three perspectives, definitions, global strategies that are developed in several countries of the Ibero-American area and the state of environmental issues in Tumaco Nariño. Empirical methods of obtaining information supported by the Likenrt scale are used; the results of interviews with teachers and students are compared with those obtained from the analysis of current strategies in Environmental Education for the Department of Tumaco, to reaffirm the need to develop strategies contextualized from the educational institution as evidenced by experiences that derive from work from the Metropolitan University of Ecuador. Therefore, the objective is to show the state of the subject and to point out where the changes in the Environmental Education strategies should be directed. As conclusions, we share the need to contextualize the strategies of Environmental Education with an integrating approach to actions prioritizing the participation of all socio-environmental actors, to achieve an environmental awareness and positive effects in the mitigation of climate change.