RT Journal Article
T1 Research and Development of Environmental Awareness about Water in Primary Education Students through Their Drawings
A1 Pozo-Muñoz, Mª Paz
A1 Martín-Gámez, Carolina
A1 Velasco-Martínez, Leticia Concepción
A1 Tójar-Hurtado, Juan Carlos
K1 Agua
AB Drinking water is a scarce resource and the problems associated with its poor management and conservation are generating significant imbalances in the well-being of society, human health, and the environment. This research paper aims to determine the level of environmental awareness of primary school students in Spain (n = 95) of the management, use, and sustainable care of water, before and after applying a training program that allows working on the contents of water, from the different dimensions and shortcomings of environmental awareness identified in the paper. The study was undertaken from a mixed Research and Development approach (R&D), with an exploratory sequential design [QUAL(quan) → QUAL(quan)], in which, initially, a qualitative content analysis of the students’ drawings was carried out, to subsequently apply a number of complementary quantitative analyses. The qualitative phase involved the elaboration of a mixed category (deductive-inductive) system that allowed for the organization and interpretation of the information obtained. The results of this work reveal low levels of knowledge about the integral water cycle. Primary school students also show a low degree of responsibility towards water issues. The conclusions of this study point to the need to address content related to water care and conservation in the educational curriculum from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach, in order to understand the origin and impact of water problems.
PB IOAP-MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-01-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26064
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26064
LA eng
NO Pozo-Muñoz MP, Martín-Gámez C, Velasco-Martínez LC, Tójar-Hurtado JC. Research and Development of Environmental Awareness about Water in Primary Education Students through Their Drawings. Education Sciences. 2023; 13(2):119. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13020119
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026