The complexity for the preeminence of civic education roots: environmental education model

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Reflect on complexity as a scientific paradigm to prioritize civic education as a basis for environmental education. METHOD: The study used the explanatory method to investigate the evolution of environmental education in Guatemala and the Latin American region, as well as the descriptive method to understand environmental concepts, the documentary technique based on the literature review of complexity was also used. RESULTS: In Guatemala, environmental education programs have been implemented since the 1980s, but the results have been insufficient to stop environmental damage. The need for a more comprehensive education that links civic education is raised, the importance of considering the environment as a system of relationships and the need to sensitize people about their natural environment is highlighted, the lack of coherence in the practice of environmental education applied in Latin America, pointing out that in Guatemala it has been determined by political decisions. Although progress has been made since the 1940s, challenges are evident in environmental education in the region. UNFINISHED REFLECTION: There is a need to adopt good practices from the complexity paradigm with the ecopedagogical methodology; an education that transforms the person for civic responsibility, understood as having dignity for respect for nature and environmental awareness.