Irene Guevara-Herrero
Biographic Data
| ID | 6675138 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irene Guevara-Herrero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Guevara-Herrero |
| SIGNATURE | GUEVARA-HERRERO I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8004-0402 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Solving a socioscientific issue in different social contexts of primary education: A STEM approach to transformative environmental education
It is necessary to work on environmental education in the classroom through scientific practices with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and transformative approach in order to understand and address current eco-social issues from a critical and systemic perspective. This study presents the analysis of three questions from a case study conducted by primary school students on water pollution caused by pharmaceuticals. Resol…
Learning to Argue: How Do 4th and 6th Grade Students Use Multimodal Materials to Solve a Socioscientific Issue
In light of the current eco-social crisis, environmental education must adopt a transformative, critical literacy-based approach grounded in scientific practices to prepare students to address socioenvironmental issues from a systemic perspective. This study, which was conducted with 4th and 6th-grade primary school students (aged 9–12), presents the results of an activity based on a socioscientific issue about the presence of pharmaceuticals in …
Teachers as promoters of transformative environmental education: Perceptions and classroom practices
Recent educational reforms demand a transformative Environmental Education (EE), so teachers should be able to design activities that promote students’ critical thinking and informed problem-solving. Given that educators’ perceptions can determine their way of teaching, this paper analyzes 249 Spanish teachers’ responses to 10 questions in a questionnaire on their ideas about EE and its didactics. Results show that teachers view EE primarily from…
Is Consuming Avocados Equally Sustainable Worldwide? An Activity to Promote Eco-Social Education from Science Education
The socio-environmental crisis in which we find ourselves makes it necessary to promote a citizenship capable of facing global challenges in an informed, critical, and participatory manner. Given the shortcomings of environmental education practices and the limitations of teachers to develop effective activities in their classrooms, it is necessary to review and redefine teacher training. In accordance with the case study research method, we pres…
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Is Consuming Avocados Equally Sustainable Worldwide? An Activity to Promote Eco-Social Education from Science Education
The socio-environmental crisis in which we find ourselves makes it necessary to promote a citizenship capable of facing global challenges in an informed, critical, and participatory manner. Given the shortcomings of environmental education practices and the limitations of teachers to develop effective activities in their classrooms, it is necessary to review and redefine teacher training. In accordance with the case study research method, we pres…
Teachers as promoters of transformative environmental education: Perceptions and classroom practices
Recent educational reforms demand a transformative Environmental Education (EE), so teachers should be able to design activities that promote students’ critical thinking and informed problem-solving. Given that educators’ perceptions can determine their way of teaching, this paper analyzes 249 Spanish teachers’ responses to 10 questions in a questionnaire on their ideas about EE and its didactics. Results show that teachers view EE primarily from…
Solving a socioscientific issue in different social contexts of primary education: A STEM approach to transformative environmental education
It is necessary to work on environmental education in the classroom through scientific practices with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and transformative approach in order to understand and address current eco-social issues from a critical and systemic perspective. This study presents the analysis of three questions from a case study conducted by primary school students on water pollution caused by pharmaceuticals. Resol…
Learning to Argue: How Do 4th and 6th Grade Students Use Multimodal Materials to Solve a Socioscientific Issue
In light of the current eco-social crisis, environmental education must adopt a transformative, critical literacy-based approach grounded in scientific practices to prepare students to address socioenvironmental issues from a systemic perspective. This study, which was conducted with 4th and 6th-grade primary school students (aged 9–12), presents the results of an activity based on a socioscientific issue about the presence of pharmaceuticals in …
Environmental education (4 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 works) · Science education (3 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Science Education and Pedagogy (2 works) · Transformative learning (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Content analysis (1 works)