Abstract

FLORES, Raúl Calixto. Environmental Education for Sustainability in Secondary Education. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.3, pp.546-566. ISSN 1409-4703.

In this essay is analyzed the curriculum of secondary level of Mexico in the field of training, exploration and understanding of the natural and social world, related to environmental education for sustainability and the implications that can be derived for teaching. These programs have a national character. In the curricula are analyzed elements of weak, strong and super-strong sustainability. Categories proposed by Gudynas (2009) in order to distinguish different notions of sustainability. In the analysis results the prevalence of weak sustainability in the curriculum is observed. Weak sustainability is more associated with the guidelines of sustainable development that in environmental education proposals, in the way that proposes use resources both as the economic as the natural with the intention of producing the products that society demands. It also highlights the idea of ecosystem stewardship through the efficient management of resources. Among the conclusions it emphasizes the importance of including social and cultural issues in the teaching of environmental education for sustainability. This perspective on environmental education contributes to the formation of a critical attitude towards environmental problems, revealing social contradictions and building alternatives committed to the common good.

Keywords : Environmental education; high school education; educational program; sustainability; teachers; Mexico.

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