Practices on environmental education through interest circles in Primary Education, in the municipality of El Salvador, Guantánamo

Abstract

We worked in educacional institutions with a total of 30 students, 14 females and 16 males, from the Primary educational level (Floro Pérez Díaz, from Carrera Larga and Hermanos Sánchez Olmedo from the municipality itself), in the Guantánamo Province, with the aim of developing capacities through interest circles to strengthen the environmental culture of sixth grade students. The research was exploratory, not experimental. The methodology was based on the principles of Action-Participation Research and was articulated with Popular Education techniques. The development of capacities, from the circle of interest, is of great importance in the protection of the environment in each community. Incorporating boys and girls in this action contributes to the strengthening of an environmental culture. The practical activities designed were motivating for the schoolchildren, conceived from the local level.