Desarrollo de la sensibilidad ambiental en niños y niñas de primero de primaria

Abstract

The earth has been presenting a lot of climatic changes due to the warming generated mainly, by the lack of conscience of the human beings in front of the importance of generating transformations in many practices that have been affecting the health of the planet, for this reason, it is necessary to work in the awareness of children from the first years in reference to the care of the environment. Therefore, the objective of this work was focused on determining how environmental sensitivity develops in a group of children from the first grade of the Gimnasio Los Andes school through project work. The methodology used was a classroom project and the sessions were recorded through a pedagogical documentation that allowed to establish the progress of the participating children. The results showed significant progress in the acquisition of sensitivity and environmental awareness in children, given that during the work they identified environmental problems in their school and generated proposals to solve them. The main conclusion of the study is that children effectively acquire environmental sensitivity when they recognize the way in which environmental problems affect them; but especially when they understand that in their hands there is also the solution to them.