Resumen

GARCIA T, Margarita et al. The doctorate in environmental education at upel (ipc-ipmjmsm): way, what for and how. Investigación y Postgrado [online]. 2008, vol.23, n.2, pp.383-410. ISSN 1316-0087.

This paper states the reason, the purpose and the approach of this doctorate and how it was conceived and authorized to commence at IPC in 2007. A mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods was used to obtain the basic information. The doctorate’s general conception was founded on complexity, general system, socio-cultural and cognitive theories from Morin (1994, 1999, and 2000), Bertalanffy (1976), Vygotsky (1979) and Ausubel, Novak y Hanesian (1986), respectively.

Palabras clave : environmental education; doctorate in environmental education.