Abstract
This work is driven by theoretical and methodological questions posed by dialectical materialism about common environmental approaches to geography education. This leads us to critically evaluate environmental issues, geography teaching itself, the educator’s role, and to finding further possibilities of didactic activities. Our primary goal is to evaluate such educational practices when dealing with environmental problems, considering these same guidelines. We then propose some examples of pedagogical activities aligned with critical and enforceable geographic education, guided by a substantially revised bibliography. Here, environmental education is opposed to conservative practices and some alternatives are shown. We accomplish this by putting forward three pedagogical proposals that are part of high school environmental education. They are suitable proposals for different educational realities, as they require the active involvement of educators and students. The discussion and proposals must be translated into effective practice based on each students’ everyday knowledge and experiences.
Keywords:
Environmental education; Geography Education; Historical-Critical Pedagogy; Materialism; Environmental degradation