Environmental education and agro-sustainability using research as a pedagogical strategy

Abstract

Environmental problems have become one of the major concerns of contemporary world society, whose prevention and solution depends on the preservation of life on Earth. For this reason, the educational context plays a relevant role in the acquisition of knowledge. The purpose of the study was to promote environmental education and agro-sustainability using research as a pedagogical strategy. The methodology was oriented under the qualitative approach, using the type of action research, from a descriptive, exploratory design. For the collection of data, techniques such as; participant observation and field diary. The population consisted of fifty (50) subjects, for this a non-probabilistic sampling of intentional type was carried out. The results evidenced the description of the pedagogical task, socializing the pedagogical experiences from the accompaniment role during the implementation of the IEP generating technical, commercial and organizational capacities, promoting the institutional strengthening, the action without harm, the innovation, the recovery of cultural concepts and traditional, knowledge through direct exploration, contextualization of learning, promotion of scientific and technological skills.