Curriculum, territory, and nature tourism: Educational opportunities for strengthening environmental awareness in rural schools
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Nature tourism, Environmental culture, Rural education, Territory, Curricular integration
Abstract
The objective of this study was to identify the pedagogical opportunities within the institutional curriculum for integrating nature-based tourism, with a focus on strengthening environmental awareness at the Arenoso Rural Educational Institution, located in the municipality of San Vicente del Caguán, Caquetá, Colombia. This qualitative study employed a case study design and involved a review of the Institutional Educational Project (PEI), the School Environmental Project (PRAE), and subject-area plans; It was supplemented by semi-structured interviews with teachers at the rural post-primary school. The information was processed through thematic analysis using ATLAS ti software, combining pre-established categories with new findings that emerged from the data. The results show that the institutional curriculum contains conceptual and operational foundations conducive to the integration of nature tourism, primarily through the educational use of the environment, the appreciation of local productive practices, and the integration of environmental education from the PRAE into the various subject areas.
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Dennis Torres-Rodríguez, University of the Amazon, Florence, Colombia
Doctoral student in Education and Environmental Culture, Master in Educational Technology Management, Veterinary Doctor Zootechnician, Teacher of Natural Sciences and Environmental Education at the Arenoso Rural Educational Institution.
Diana Ali García-Capdevilla, University of the Amazon, Florence, Colombia
PhD in Education and Environmental Culture from the University of the Amazon, Florencia, Colombia. Master's degree in Marketing from Externado University, Bogotá, Colombia. Research professor at the Faculty of Accounting, Economics, and Administrative Sciences of the University of the Amazon, Florencia, Colombia.