Caracterización de los procesos educomunicativos de las instituciones educativas que conforman la red de proyectos ambientales escolares (red PRAE)
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2015-08-03
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Abstract
Introduction. Dynamizing environmental projects in schools and particularly the collaborative activities within
a network of educative institutions, requires the implementation of educommunicative processes able to go beyond
the conventional schemes usually dedicated to just inform about issues such as global warmth or to boost
solid waste separation activities, aiming to advance towards actions that really transform the schools and their
contexts. Objective. Characterize the educommunicative processes in the educative institutions from the Aburrá
Valley´s Metropolitan Area that participated in the Network for Environmental Projects in Schools (PRAE
Network). Materials and Methods. This research work was developed under a mixed methodological design.
The method defined was the study of cases and the techniques to construct the data were a survey applied
to 63 participants, three focus groups and five in-depth interviews. Results.The teachers who participated in
the research and belong to the PRAE Network do not know the “Educommunication” concept and, therefore,
are not familiar with its theoretical and methodological principles. Besides, even though they are conscious of
the importance of transversality, the PRAE is still being excuted from the natural sciences area. Conclusions.
The communicative processes are centered on conventional strategies (no TICs are being included) and the
inter institutional initiatives are just those convened from governmental projects. There is no evidence of either
a positioned communication media or of any educommunicative action specifically intend for environmental
purposes. Finally, as recommendations and possible future research lines, it is proposed that the environmental
network goes beyond the school environment and also includes other members from the community in general.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Red de proyectos ambientales escolares (RED PRAE), Educación ambiental, Comunicación en educación