Directions and Misdirections of Environmental Education. Flashes of an Emerging Paradigm

Abstract

This article conducts a documentary analysis of the conceptual orientations related to the idea of ​​environmental education. As part of the approach, the emerging perspectives that question an abstract education model, designed to make relationships of equality between human beings sustainable, are highlighted. The article underlines the need for environmental education committed to social change and presents the features of what is considered an emerging paradigm in this disciplinary field of environmental education as a conclusion. This paradigm is extremely important, because although it corresponds to the qualitative analytical vision of the researcher, it contributes to a new proposal of environmental education as an integral part of the new contents and educational models.