Educational experiences against climate change. A study with university professors

Abstract

Here we present results of a research carried out with the objective of analyzing possibilities of education for climate change (CC) in higher-level educational experiences (EE). The study is carried out from an approach to the social representation of the (CC) in professors of the Veracruzana University (UV) in Poza Rica-Tuxpan región. A questionnaire was applied to representative samples and group interviews were conducted with professors from the different academic areas. The main results of the information and attitudes dimensions are presented here in a descriptive and interpretive way. Participants recognize in their region the severity of CC and the risks associated with it. They also identify possibilities of action from their educational experiences, some of them already implemented both in formal spaces within the classroom, but also in non-formal spaces, with community and public actors who participate in some way in academic experiences and practices. These actions contribute to the capacity for adaptation and reduction of social vulnerability, then to the strengthening of social resilience. Thus, the social and environmental commitment in the transmission of knowledge and attitudes oriented towards mitigation and adaptation to CC, is recognized.