Ecological Restoration based on environmental education in arid regions of the Argentinean Patagonia

Abstract

Currently, environmental educa- tion (EE) tends to construct an en- vironment conception from diverse disciplines and their specific pedago- gies, which consider and analyze the complex relationships among social systems (cultural, political, legal, eco- nomic, among others) and the natural systems (Meinardi et al., 2010). This approach contrasts with other definitions of EE based on an envi- ronment conception, where the phys- ical-natural context prevails together with recommendations that reinforce educational processes and propos- als about how to address certain top- ics with emphasis in the natural sci- ences throughout educational levels (González Gaudiano, 2003). However, the scope of EE is much broader than these two models both in theoretical as well as methodological terms.