ERIC Number: EJ1453585
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1038-2046
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7611
Is Eco-Social Education for Trainee Teachers Possible Using International Mirror Classes on Landscape? Implementation of a Didactic Proposal in Spain and Colombia
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, v33 n4 p353-371 2024
According to the eco-social education paradigm, landscape plays a key role as an identity object of study in the interaction between nature and society. The study seeks to assess a practical experience conducted among trainee teachers consisting in the systematized analysis of local and foreign degraded landscapes in Spain and Colombia, based on environmental, sustainability and global-citizenship literacies--guarantors of eco-social education. A mirror class methodology was implemented among 127 Spanish and Colombian trainee teachers. It comprised an online videocall exchange between different teaching groups. A quasi-experimental research methodology was followed, based on the didactic and statistical analysis of the trainee teachers' reports and a validated questionnaire. The findings reveal a global didactic acquisition of 2.9 points on a 4-scale evaluation range. The learning was higher in didactic tasks related to the landscape analysis and lower in comparative local-global analysis tasks. A statistically significant learning development of +0.8 points was found. The results suggest that the study of local landscapes captures interest and mirror classes easily bring distant realities closer, thus improving the eco-social knowledge and the feeling of an eco-social responsibility for global sustainability. Moreover, the experience in trainee teachers assures a didactic transfer to the wider population.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Geography Instruction, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Sustainable Development, Student Attitudes, Program Evaluation, Horticulture
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain; Colombia
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