Cultural Sustainability in Ethnobotanical Research with Students Up to K-12

Lorena Gutiérrez-García, José Blanco-Salas, Jesús Sánchez-Martín and Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez
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Lorena Gutiérrez-García: Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
José Blanco-Salas: Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Jesús Sánchez-Martín: Department of Science and Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez: Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: In the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), education plays a fundamental role. However, traditional methodologies do not favor the enrichment and personal development essential to promote global awareness. The use of active methodologies based on experiences improve the quality of learning. This work describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of the acquired knowledge of a didactic proposal for non-formal education as a support for regulated education based on botany content. Firstly, a workshop was held, where young people participated directly in developing field work with a real scientific methodology. Subsequently, a group of students was chosen to be interviewed to obtain a global vision of the learning they obtained. The motivation of the students was quite positive, which allowed us to obtain voluntary participation in the field work and also gave the students a participative attitude throughout the development of the workshops. Four months later, this positive attitude remained during their direct involvement in various activities, and the students still remembered the fundamental content discussed. Relating the didactic proposal to its immediate environment was shown to increase interest in learning and value in its own context. The results of this educational experience have been very positive, as knowledge was acquired, and interest in the preservation of the environment and the profession of a researcher was promoted.

Keywords: active methodologies; Sustainable Development Goals; non-formal education; Ethnobotany; learning assessment; STEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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