ACTIVIDADES EDUCATIVAS PARA PROMOVER LA EDUCACIÓN AMBIENTAL EN LOS ESTUDIANTES DE QUINTO AÑO DE LA EDUCACIÓN GENERAL BÁSICA

Abstract

Environmental education is of vital importance in society and its responsible care constitutes an essential element in the integral formation of the subject. Taking care of the environment that surrounds them is to create an environmental awareness, which will be promoted from the moment the child enters his school year. This work was aimed at developing educational activities to contribute to the learning of environmental education in fifth grade students of the José de la Cuadra educational unit, in the Miguelillo Rural Parish, Portoviejo, to promote responsible behavior aimed at protection and care of the environment. As part of the development of the research that was carried out, theoretical, empirical and mathematical statistical methods were taken into account that allowed diagnosing the problem, as well as the analysis of the theoretical foundations that supported it and a solution proposal was elaborated. As part of the diagnosis, an intentional sample of 21 students and 6 teachers was taken, who are part of the fifth grade groups of basic general education, as well as the teachers who are teaching the Natural Sciences subject. With an investigative study it was found that there are insufficiencies in student learning regarding the contents of environmental education, significantly in the classification of garbage, the protection of species, water care and recycling, all of this manifested through non-responsible behavior of students within the school institution.