Impact of a metacognitive program on the environmental awareness of the students of the primary education degree

Abstract

Obtaining high levels of environmental awareness is defined as a priority objective for sustainable human development from current policies in the field of environmental education. In this article, the impact of a metacognitive intervention program designed to improve the environmental awareness of undergraduate students in initial formation as future teachers of Primary Education. The methodological framework is adjusted to a quasi-experimental research design of a single group with pretest and post-test, using a sample made up of 54 third-year students of the Degree in Primary Education of the University of Valladolid, a tool designed and validated to measure environmental awareness that evaluates four dimensions: cognitive, conative, affective and active. The analysis of the results shows a clear trend towards the improvement of environmental awareness in the study after the application of the metacognitive program, thus supporting the potential relevance of the implementation of programs of this type to contribute to the achievement of the main objective sought.