Resumen

MORE ESTUPINAN, Mavel  y  VILLALON LEGRA, Georgina. The geography of Cuba in the primary school before the challenges of the environmental education for the sustainable development. Saber [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.3, pp.615-625. ISSN 2343-6468.

The inclusion of environmental education for sustainable development to the teaching - learning process becomes a challenge for the educational systems in the XXI century. This study is aimed to support this challenge from the didactics of the Geography of Cuba in the elementary school. In this sense, both investigation action participation and systematization of experiences are used to carry out a critical analysis of the Primary School Model, the program and the textbook of this subject. Didactic recommendations for the inclusion of environmental education for the sustainable development to the teaching learning process of Geography of Cuba in the primary school have been provided, as well as dimensions, indicators for their evaluation and models of exercises. These results of the educational science are a valuable tool for updating school curricula and also for the teachers’ continuous formation. Their introduction in selected schools of Villa Clara province achieved positive impacts in the environmental education for the sustainable development, among students and at the same time, in the professional behavior and environmental awareness of teachers.

Palabras clave : Geography; primary school; environmental education; sustainable development; didactics.

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