This paper analyses what occurs when in-service secondary teachers face a new subject, Landscape and Sustainability. Recently implemented in Galicia (NW Spain), this subject has no strong curricular constrictions. It is opened to diverse contents that can be integrated into Social Sciences. It promotes an environmental, social and critical consciousness. The hypothesis was that teachers may present deficiencies when approaching a subject which, due to its characteristics, requires training extending beyond disciplinary knowledge, thus impeding better performance and a greater degree of learning among pupils. The study was organised in three axes: (a) observation of the teaching and learning process in schools (n = 3); (b) teacher’s conceptions (n = 38) on the subject, its context and their pupils’ learning; and (c) pupils’ reflections (n = 70) derived from their learning process. The objectives were: (1) to elaborate a theoretical substantiation for the subject and, in accordance with it, making a critical analysis of the practices observed; (2) to analyse how teachers conceive the subject; and (3) to analyse the pupils’ reflections regarding the experience and to what extent they acquire social, civic and/or academic skills. The methodology was qualitative, using in the data analysis a quantitative perspective too. The instruments used were the participant observation, interviews, a closed questionnaire and a semi-opened questionnaire. The results are presented in a descriptive-interpretative way, but also quantitative. It can be advanced that teachers designed the subject in line with Place-Based Education and Heritage Education, but the lack of specific training in those theories ends up blurring their holistic approach in the nearby places. Teachers show similar conceptions about the subject and its teaching process. And the majority of students value positively the methodology used in the initiatives and acquire a socio-critical consciousness.
El breve currículo de “Paisaje y sostenibilidad”, una nueva materia optativa implementada en Galicia (noroeste de España), permite al profesorado diseñar sus programaciones didácticas con un alto grado de autonomía, al no tener que someterse a estrictas prescripciones normativas. Esta circunstancia da la oportunidad de analizar y ver cómo influyen en el aula las representaciones sociales (RS) del profesorado sobre su propia práctica docente, la asignatura y el tipo de contexto educativo que favorece la innovación. Este artículo de investigación busca dar respuesta a ello. Identificar cómo tres docentes de educación secundaria conciben la posibilidad de innovar que ofrece esta nueva materia y comprobar en qué medida creen que esto desarrolla actitudes educativas innovadoras en la práctica didáctica. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo. Los datos se obtuvieron a partir de tres entrevistas semiestructuradas, con preguntas abiertas organizadas en bloques. Se analizaron a partir del método de comparaciones constantes. Los tres docentes coincidieron en (1) una visión integral y crítica del contexto educativo; (2) otorgaron importancia a la utilización de métodos activos y un enfoque crítico como clave del éxito de las propuestas; (3) la posibilidad de proporcionar conocimientos específicos en torno al paisaje apoyados en una perspectiva interdisciplinar; (4) asumieron como principal objetivo la identificación del alumnado con sus entornos próximos como una forma de promover su responsabilidad social en esos lugares y, (5) en dos casos explícitamente y de forma más indirecta en el tercero, relacionaron sus propuestas sobre el entorno con elementos patrimoniales, persiguiendo objetivos de aprendizaje diferentes. El análisis de estas representaciones permite avanzar la preeminencia de las disciplinas de referencia del profesorado sobre su vocación de interdisciplinariedad. Además, se observa una tendencia a generar en el alumnado identificaciones con lugares o elementos patrimoniales vinculados a lo estético, lo histórico o lo tradicional.
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