Political Ecology as an educational alternative for Sociocultural Management. Study Plan Analysis

Abstract

In the international framework, the need for education to achieve environmental awareness based on principles of equity is debated. In this scenario, Political Ecology emerges as an educational alternative, proposing a pedagogical process from collective, reflective, critical, self-critical construction and the modification of attitudes, knowledge and positions with respect to the environment. In Cuba, Higher Education is in charge of becoming deeply involved in sustainable development; In this context, the Sociocultural Management for Development career is developed, which has the potential to respond to the environmental crisis and to include Political Ecology. It is intended, then, to socialize the potential of the study plan of the Sociocultural Management for Development degree from Political Ecology. For this purpose, its educational content was determined, the three study plans through which the degree has passed were compared, with the intention of highlighting the evolution of the treatment of environmental problems and the following were identified in study plan E: relationship, strengths and weaknesses that it presents for the implementation of Political Ecology. The dialectical-materialist approach is used; theoretical methods such as: historical-logical, inductive-deductive and analytical-synthetic; documentary analysis as an empirical method. It is concluded that environmental training in the career has evolved over time and plan E allows for a more complete and holistic training, approaching environmental problems from different angles, tools and scenarios, although still from an anthropocentric vision.