Environmental culture in primary basic students and teachers: characterization in educational institutions of Santa Marta (Magdalena, Northern Colombia)

The environmental culture in students and teachers of primary school educational institutions in the municipality of Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia was characterized. The study presents a descriptive analytical field approach, with a non-experimental design. The population was made up of 450 students and 15 teachers, from three primary educational institutions in the municipality of Santa Marta, Magdalena, Northern Colombia. Likewise, to collect the information, a questionnaire was used aimed at the students with two dichotomous response alternatives (yes-no), and another with scale-type multiple alternative responses. Teachers do not always lead the student to carry out research regarding the environment; the strategies applied are sometimes planned without taking into account the importance of generating environmental values in the student and a positive change in environmental behavior. Strategies must be established in the classroom that force students to carry out research processes in each of the tasks assigned by the teacher.