Fruits of identity: environmental education in a rural school in Uruguay

Abstract

Fruits of identity was carried out at the beginning of 2021 in a rural  school located east of Uruguayan territory. An interdisciplinary work of the identity concept was proposed to contribute to the transversal approach of the environmental education. Theoretically, didactic recommendations and curricular contents that are proposed by the official education program are  analyzed. In the practical aspects, the protagonists were seventeen children from three to twelve years old, and their classroom teacher and guide. The main goal is to build knowledge around the identity concept from an environmental perspective. The methodology used stems from the creative thinking, is holistic and integral, and searches for dialogue and blending of diverse areas. At the end of this educational journey is concluded that identity is not static, it is an individual and a collective construction. The proposal of environmental education allowed the students to approach to environmental system continuous and recognize there traits of their own identity.