Las competencias en salud ambiental en los libros de texto

Abstract

A reflection on the concept of environmental health is presented in this research. Together with this, contents on this subject appearing in Natural Sciences textbooks of Primary and Secondary Education are summarized. The analysis was implemented with 36 textbooks of three important Spanish publishers. Usefulness and limitations to carry out it are discussed. Results show the interest of publishers to include Environmental Health contents. However, examples on certain topics are more common than others. Those contents of lower complexity level appear more than the most complex ones. Human health is not considered as much as food, physical exercise, and personal hygiene.