The main objective of this study was to design and evaluate an experience for future teachers focused on the participatory search for sustainability through role play so that outcomes related to improving the way they see the world and their commitment to mitigate climate change could be analysed. The study was carried out with a socio-critical focus, using a qualitative approach. To this effect, semi-open interviews were conducted, and their results were codified and studied using content analysis. The outcomes show that this type of educational experience can contribute to improving commitment to climate change and new, more sustainable ways of understanding the world—starting with improving the training of free-thinking, discerning people who are able to use information and collaborate in solving socio-environmental problems. Proposals based on participatory and experiential learning, fostering ethical considerations and the training of people who are more critical and discerning, should be the basis of new models of Environmental Education for Sustainability that seek to educate a society capable of addressing present and future socio-environmental challenges.
The process of teaching and learning astronomy is often fraught with difficulties. The most frequently reported is the ability to generate alternative conceptions, as shown by numerous investigations in different contexts. The objective of this study is to approach the most common alternative conceptions of pre-service teachers, and also to check whether the Spanish alternative conceptions are the same as in other contexts. The results show that these students also held a number of alternative conceptions about basic astronomy and that these are similar to those found in other countries.El proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de la Astronomía parece entrañar importantes dificultades, particularmente propiciando la generación de concepciones alternativas, como han mostrado numerosas investigaciones procedentes de diferentes contextos. El objetivo de este estudio es indagar sobre concepciones alternativas de profesorado en formación relacionadas con aspectos astronómicos, investigando si en el marco español aparecen los mismos esquemas alternativos que en otros contextos. Los resultados ponen en evidencia que el alumnado mencionado posee un gran número de concepciones alternativas sobre astronomía básica y que estas son similares a las encontradas en otros países
Uno de los principales retos que debe afrontar la educación es la búsqueda de la Sostenibilidad. Y en este proceso, el profesorado es un pilar fundamental. Por ello, se presenta una propuesta educativa de formación inicial de profesorado basada en la experimentación y análisis de un ciclo de aprendizaje entorno a la problemática socioambiental del cambio climático. Para su evaluación se utilizó una metodología de carácter mixto. Los resultados obtenidos sugieren que este tipo de prácticas pueden contribuir a mejorar el compromiso del futuro profesorado con una Educación Ambiental orientada hacia la Sostenibilidad y crítica con el modelo actual de desarrollo, permitiendo la construcción de un marco educativo basado en metodologías globalizadas y participativas, así como a favorecer la adquisición de competencias docentes.
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