PEDAGOGICAL, FAMILY AND SOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This article is the result of the research entitled
Cultural factors that influence environmental
awareness in the public educational institution El
Mirador, in the municipality of Popayán, developed
by the Universidad Popular del Cesar (Colombia),
master’s degree in Environmental Pedagogy for
Sustainable Development. The objective is the
description of the cultural factors of pedagogical,
familiar and social order that influence the
environmental awareness in students of the basic
secondary school, whose approach is of qualitative
type, supported by the state of the art and
theoretical framework to generate the reflection
on the question: What cultural factors related to
the pedagogical, familiar and social environment
can influence the environmental awareness in the
students of the Educational Institution El Mirador?
In conclusion, it is found that, in the pedagogical
aspect it is the absence of environmental education
in the Institutional Educational Project (PEI), in the
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family aspect the lack of environmental knowledge
of the parents, which limits the teaching of
environmental values and habits, and in the social
aspect (referred to the commune or neighborhood)
the lack of knowledge of the communal leaders in the
matter of community environmental management.