Medioambiente y ciudadanía: Educación para la participación como base de una educación ciudadana planetaria.

Abstract

Citizenship and environment are presented as two of the big challenges to be faced in the 21st century in the area of education. This research aims to provide results about the relevance that citizen participation programs have on students in order to foster the skills related to active citizenship. A theoretical framework of environmental education and education for citizenship is set assuming a perspective of planetary or global citizenship education. The research is based on several cases of education programs for citizen participation (Eco-Shool, Parlamento Joven, Seguro que te mueves) in Andalusia and uses a qualitative methodology of triangulation data through questionnaires, interviews and focus groups, using the software Atlas.ti for the data processing. We intend to identify the potentials and limitations of these programs, which have arisen from the need to provide responses to what are considered desirable values for 21st century citizenship. Among the results we highlight the potential of these educational programs to educate citizens involved in social and environmental problems from the perspective of global citizenship.