Creating the habit of recycling in early childhood : a sustainable practice in Spain
Buil, Pilar (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)
Roger-Loppacher, Olga (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)
Tintoré Espuny, Mireia (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)

Data:	2019
Resum:	Early childhood education on sustainability has been an issue of high relevance in the last decade. In Spain, many different efforts have been made to increase children's knowledge, skills, and awareness related to sustainability issues. However, uncertainty about the effectiveness of education on sustainable development exists. This research reports on an exploratory study organized by the association that promotes aluminum packaging recycling in Spain (Arpal). Seven teachers were trained on sustainability in general and on aluminum packaging recycling in particular. These teachers defined and implemented a teaching unit with active learning activities that involved three preschools. Fifty-four children under 6 years of age, mainly 2 and 3 years old, along with their parents, participated in the teaching unit. Qualitative and quantitative methods (questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and focus groups) were carried out to assess the impact. The results proved that different partners, such as children, parents, teachers, managers, and associations, can work together with the common goal of improving education on sustainable development in early childhood, and all of them benefit from this collaboration. Moreover, this study confirmed that education on sustainability should be embedded in the daily routine of preschools. Furthermore, after the exploratory study, the teaching unit was implemented in 29 Andalusian preschools.
Nota:	The authors are grateful to the teachers, students, and parents who participated in this study. The authors would also like to thank ARPAL (the association that promotes aluminum packaging recycling in Spain) and SUPLA Educational Services, who helped with the development of the program. We would also like to thank Frederic Marimon and research assistant José Schöder for their collaboration.
Drets:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Environmental children's education ; Early childhood ; Sustainable development
Publicat a:	Sustainability, Vol. 11 Núm. 22 (january 2019) , p. 6393, ISSN 2071-1050

DOI: 10.3390/su11226393

20 p, 5.9 MB

El registre apareix a les col·leccions:
Documents de recerca > Documents dels grups de recerca de la UAB > Centres i grups de recerca (producció científica) > Ciències socials i jurídiques > Centre de Recerca i Estudis pel Desenvolupament Organitzatiu (CRiEDO)
Articles > Articles de recerca
Articles > Articles publicats