The Preparation of Eco-citizens in The Environmental Edu Communication Program “LemonSea Ecuador”: Getting to Know the Polluted Areas of Manta City Using the Lemon Map

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10.2991/978-94-6463-596-6_22How to use a DOI?

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environmental education program; design-based research; eco-citizens

Abstract

This article shows the results of a research study whose purpose was to create and implement a non-formal environmental education program that promotes the reflection of the participants based on four prioritized environmental problems of Manta city. Design Based Research was used, and 10 activities were designed based on games, simulations, and digital material. The strategies and resources of the program were implemented in three schools: public, private, and private with state-funded financial support. A total of 288 students and 17 teachers participated. Following the DBR design, a cycle of iterations was completed in each school to understand how the designed program worked in practice. The researchers’ journals provided an assessment of the program. The Lemon Map activity proved to be useful in raising young people’s awareness of environmental issues in a non-traditional way, students’ motivation to perform experiments or manipulate tools such as Google Earth was very high. The teachers had a positive perception of the strategies and resources, especially the drone videos taken in the most polluted areas, and their effectiveness in developing eco-citizenry.

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AU  - Patricia Henriquez-Coronel
AU  - Eder Intriago-Palacios
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/17
TI  - The Preparation of Eco-citizens in The Environmental Edu Communication Program “LemonSea Ecuador”: Getting to Know the Polluted Areas of Manta City Using the Lemon Map
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2024 (ICOMTA 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 243
EP  - 254
SN  - 2667-128X
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