Volume 19, No. 6, 2022
Pedagogical Strategies For Organic Waste Recycling In University Students
José Arles Gómez Arévalo , Audin Aloiso Gamboa Suárez , Raúl Prada Núñez
Abstract
This article is the result of research entitled: Recycling strategies in the context of university coexistence, carried out by the Juan N. Corpas University Foundation (Corpas Sana Group, Bogotá, Colombia) and the Research Group on Social Studies and Pedagogy for Peace (Giesppaz) of the Francisco de Paula Santander University (Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia). Based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this research project aims to create an environmental and sustainable management plan for organic waste in the Juan N. Corpas University community (Bogotá, Colombia), to support the ecological and environmental activities of the institution. For its development, the qualitative paradigm was implemented, under a descriptive approach. Likewise, a survey was used as a technique for collecting and acquiring information, evaluating aspects such as: attitudes, values, work and knowledge of the participants in relation to the research. As pedagogical and didactic intervention strategies, three activities were implemented aimed at the reuse of organic waste and its subsequent transformation into a variety of handicrafts and reflection through lectures on sustainable development through recycling by means of didactic strategies. In conclusion, positive changes were observed on the part of the university students in terms of values and aptitudes in favour of recycling and environmental preservation, as well as towards the acquisition of new practical knowledge in favour of environmental balance in the context of higher education.
Pages: 173-183
Keywords: Pedagogical strategies, environmental education, recycling, organic waste.