Abstract

ROHR MARQUES, Carla Mariane  and  AGUERO CONTRERAS, Fernando Carlos. Environmental education at secondary school level in africa: a case study in Benguela-Angola. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2022, vol.14, n.3, pp. 282-297.  Epub June 30, 2022. ISSN 2218-3620.

Environmental education is analyzed in nine groups, 447 students and 20 teachers, in the three grades of a secondary school, in Benguela city, Republic of Angola, Africa. The objective is to assess the characteristics of teaching-learning, group dynamics, and their relationship with environmental education. Elements of environmental management, its contents, and requirements in Africa are considered, together with arguments of the United Nations, UNESCO and others collected in the international scientific literature. Methodologically, a descriptive-explanatory analysis is undertaken from a case study, with purposive sampling, questionnaires are applied to students, teachers, and unstructured interviews to key characters of the studied scenario. To the analysis of historical-cultural, environmental, and curricular documents were added content analysis of each subject program was added. A sociometric test was applied to three groups to describe traits of interpersonal relationships. Statistical processing was carried out with SPSS software, together with other qualitative analyses corresponding to the socio-anthropological perspective. A proposal is constructed highlighting three elements: interdisciplinarity, critical thinking, and the theory-practice relationship in the teaching act. The conclusions reaffirm the hypothesis, verifying that quality in teaching constitutes the basis of environmental education.

Keywords : Environmental-education; secondary teaching; Africa-Angola.

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