EFECTO DE LA CERTIFICACIÓN AMBIENTAL DE ESTABLECIMIENTOS EDUCACIONALES, EN ESTUDIANTES DE ENSEÑANZA BÁSICA

Marcela Vásquez Rojas; Paula Jiménez Arias

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.9207

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Marcela Vásquez Rojas University of Talca https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6789-3112
Paula Jiménez Arias Colegio Cristiano Curicó https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2201-7737

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.9207

Keywords:

environmental education, pro-environmental knowledge, environmental behavior, Environmental certification

Abstract

The environmental education plays a transcendental role in generating citizens with greater awareness and commitment to caring for the environment. The National System of Environmental Certification for Educational Institutions (SNCAE, in Spanish), implemented in Chile since 1999, to promote the insertion of environmental education in formal education, therefore, it is relevant to know how this certification impacts at the level of knowledge and pro-environmental behavior. In this context, the objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of environmental certification on knowledge and pro-environmental behavior in middle school students from municipal educational institutions in the Curicó-Chile.

The study was observational and analytical; 7th and 8th grade students from four schools in the commune of Curicó, Chile, participated. The data were obtained through surveys, with which an index of environmental knowledge and an index of pro-environmental behavior were determined, from which a reason was calculated to determine the relationship between environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behavior.

The average environmental knowledge index the student of certified schools was 7.87 versus 7.49 for uncertified schools without environmental certification, while the pro-environmental behavior index was 7.76 and 6.94 respectively, these differences were not statistically significant.

In conclusion there are no differences in knowledge and pro-environmental behavior between 7th and 8th grade students who belong to establishments with and without environmental certification.

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Author Biographies

Marcela Vásquez Rojas, University of Talca

Profesora asistente adscrita al Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunihematologia de la Universidad de Talca-Chile, de profesión Tecnologa Médica de la Universidad de Talca-Chile, Magister en Ciencias de la Universidad Autral de Chile-Chile, con mas de 25 años de experiencia como docente en la Escuela de Tecnologia Médica de la Universidad de Talca. Posee publicaciones de articulso cientificos, libros y capitulos de libros.

Paula Jiménez Arias, Colegio Cristiano Curicó

Licenciada en Educación, con mención en Ciencias Biológicas, por la Universidad Católica del Maule. Además. Magíster en Enseñanza de las Ciencias, con mención en Biología, por la Universidad de Talca. Cuenta con 12 años de experiencia docente trabajando con estudiantes de sexto básico a cuarto medio en colegios municipales, técnicos profesionales y particulares subvencionados. Se ha desempeñado como docente de Biología y Ciencias en diversos establecimientos educacionales de la ciudad de Curicó, Chile.