Compost for your seeds: implementation strategies for environmental education in Chile from the ERIC taxonomy

Abstract

The increasing interest in climate change and environmental education has highlighted the importance of strategies to enhance the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of these initiatives. However, the field of environmental education has not extensively explored implementation strategies, despite the existence of frameworks and taxonomies. This study aims to address this gap by identifying strategies suggested by environmental education professionals in Chile. A total of 91 participants responded to an online survey that included open-ended questions. Through content analysis, 24 categories aligned with existing frameworks and 7 categories emerging from the local context were identified. These categories were organized in a descending order, revealing the prominence of scale-up, process, capacity-building, integration, and dissemination strategies. While strategies from established frameworks were found, the study also highlights the emergence of strategies specific to the environmental education field, contextual factors, and the implementation phase of environmental education in Chile.

Keywords:

• Contextual factors
• environmental education
• ERIC taxonomy
• implementation science
• implementation strategies

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, G. Prosser. The data are not publicly available due to their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.

Notes

1 The quotations extracted from participants have been clarified when necessary.

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Funding

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare, that there was no external funding and that the research was financed by the self-management of the research team.