Environmental indicators for initial teacher training at the National University of Education

Abstract

The need to have a set of environmental indicators for contextualization in the initial teacher training that is developed at the National University of Education is the essential foundation of this research work; Therefore, the general objective is to propose a set of Indicators for the management of the environment axis in the initial teacher training of the National University of Education (UNAE) of Ecuador. The research used a qualitative methodology based on the application of techniques and instruments such as documentary analysis, discussion groups and expert criteria and their processing through the Delphi Method. Throughout the research process, sampling of voluntary participants and experts prevailed. As a result, those environmental indicators whose use is most relevant in the training process were identified: Annual electricity consumption, Annual water consumption, Annual paper consumption, Annual solid waste, Annual total precipitation, Average annual maximum temperature, Annual average temperature , Average annual minimum temperature, CO₂ concentration in open or closed environments, Oxygen concentration in the air, Noise pollution, Proportion of households and people using solid fuels for cooking.