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T1 Pursuing the greenery: assessing plant-related content in the new Spanish curricula for compulsory education
A1 Eugenio Gozalbo, Marcia
A1 Suárez López, Rafael
K1 Plant awareness; botanical education; primary education; secondary education; curriculum
AB Plants constitute a highly diverse taxonomic group with fundamentalecological functions. However, plant biodiversity loss is currentlya dramatic problem. It is essential to promote knowledge and appreciationof plants through formal education, particularly during educationalstages that are compulsory for all citizens. This study presents an analysisof the new (2022) national curricula for primary (6–12 years) and compulsorysecondary education (12–16 years) in Spain, and of the regionalcurricula for its largest region, Castilla y León. The analysis was conductedby identifying all plant-related text fragments, and classifying them intoan inductive-deductive system of categories. These competence-basedcurricula are strongly grounded in the 2030 Agenda and the SustainableDevelopment Goals, since content related to the interactions between thesocial and the ecological spheres quantitatively prevails over scientificcontent on plants. However, some areas of plant science are underrepresented,appearing only through general statements in which theuse of scientific terminology is absent. Opportunities to promote firsthandexperience of edible and useful plants are provided by the use oflearning situations encouraged in the curricula. Biodiversity is identified asa key issue to be reinforced; despite being included, the curricula fail toassociate it with knowledge on plant taxonomy.
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/74618
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/74618
LA eng
NO Marcia Eugenio-Gozalbo & Rafael Suárez-López (21 May 2024): Pursuing the greenery: assessing plant-related content in the new Spanish curricula for compulsory education, Journal of Biological Education, DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2024.2351381
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-abr-2025