Environmental Education from the Geography of Cuba in theninth grade

Abstract

Introduction: The implementation of Environmental Education has come to occupy the center of concerns internationally and in Cuba. For this reason, a study is carried out with the objective of implementing a series of teaching and extra-teaching activities from the contents of the Cuban Geography program in the ninth grade, to strengthen Environmental Education in the students of the Basic Secondary School.
Materials and methods: For this, research methods and techniques are used such as analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, bibliographic review, observation, percentage calculation, among others.
Results: It reflects that the proposal of activities presented is feasible and applicable, it expands the possibilities that the contents of the program have for the formation of environmental convictions in the students. It also confirms that a control over the process achieves a good evolution of its application and perfects the methodological preparation so that this work has a transdisciplinary character and the sample can be expanded to generalize it in the future.
Discussion: The studies related to Environmental Education are a suggestive topic to demonstrate the contributions that must be taken up for its application in the different educations.
Conclusions: The study evidenced the existing deficiencies in the teaching-educational process regarding the integration of the subjects for the formation of environmental awareness.