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Contextualising learning through the participatory construction of an environmental education programme

Strengthening links between school and community is critical for improving people's participation in environmental issues. However, Mexican education programmes are generally unrelated to rural students' life experience and are planned without considering either teachers' or students' opinions. This paper describes the participatory construction of a preparatory school environmental education programme in Ixtlan de Juarez, a Mexican indigenous community internationally recognized for sustainable forest management. The qualitative research methods used are based on the action research methodology. Results from interviews conducted with the preparatory school's headmaster, the coordinator, and nine teachers provided the needed documentation of the school site for contextualising learning activities. Feedback during focus group with six students, three teachers, five local communal authorities, and two researchers highlighted that all participants perceived the need for creating an educational programme focused on local forest management. The contents and activities of the programme were designed by the focus group's participants. The programme has been continuously taught by teachers and forest workers since 2005 and was officially integrated with the preparatory school science curriculum in 2006. This participative educational experience has thus transformed the mandatory school curriculum in Ixtlan.

Contextualising learning through the participatory construction of an environmental education programme

Urheber*in: Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel; Barraza, Laura; Bodenhorn, Barbara; Ceja-Adame, Maria de la Paz; Reyes-García, Victoria

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Seite(n): 1755-1770
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
International Journal of Science Education, 32(13)

Subject
Ökologie
Bildung und Erziehung
Ökologie und Umwelt
Sonderbereiche der Pädagogik
Unterricht, Didaktik

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel
Barraza, Laura
Bodenhorn, Barbara
Ceja-Adame, Maria de la Paz
Reyes-García, Victoria
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Vereinigtes Königreich
(when)
2009

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-135035
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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Associated

  • Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel
  • Barraza, Laura
  • Bodenhorn, Barbara
  • Ceja-Adame, Maria de la Paz
  • Reyes-García, Victoria

Time of origin

  • 2009

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