Propuesta de evaluación cualitativa para los Proyectos Ambientales Escolares (PRAE) en los colegios públicos de la localidad cuarta San Cristóbal de Bogotá, D.C.

Abstract

Research Work Report whose purpose is focused on the evaluation of School Environmental Projects (PRAE) in District Education Institutions of the town of San Cristóbal in Bogotá, D.C., where a qualitative evaluation under a socio-critical approach is proposed. The need for a reflective and critical environmental education that fosters attitudes of environmental assessment is highlighted. Qualitative evaluation is presented as a tool to improve environmental education processes; it seeks to transform individual and collective thinking and behavior. The general objective is to design a proposal for a qualitative evaluation of the PRAE under a socio-critical approach to strengthen critical training in environmental education. The methodology is based on the qualitative socio-critical evaluation paradigm and the methodological design of the Grounded Theory. Interviews and analysis of PRAE documents were implemented, the ATLAS.ti. 23 program was used for the analysis of the information. The evaluation proposal highlights student empowerment, community participation and connection with external entities, in which the socio-critical approach in environmental education and socio-critical evaluation are integrated to generate substantial changes in environmental education training.