Dimensión Ambiental en la Formación de Ingenieros Civiles de La Universidad La Gran Colombia

Abstract

The environmental dimension has as its main foundation to give more meaning to the educational act, based on the study of reality, the transformation of society and culture. The objective of the research is to design a curricular proposal that integrates the components of the environmental dimension in the training of Civil Engineers of the La Gran Colombia University. From the socio-critical paradigm, an interpretive descriptive research was developed, in which institutional documents that make up the study program were reviewed, finding interest in environmental training; however, there is disarticulation of the environment in the microcurriculum and little connection in the program courses. The concepts of the environment were characterized, environmental education and the perception of inclusion in the curriculum; It was found that the naturalistic representation of the environment prevails, and a perception from the context. Subsequently, the gaps with respect to the components of the environmental dimension were identified, which allowed to propose strategies to complement the training of the Civil Engineer in the framework of sustainability. A curricular adjustment is proposed, which involves environmental competencies, articulating problems and integrating themes that make the courses transversal; teacher training, students, social research-projection. Finally, the environmental dimension in the curriculum is necessary for the training of professionals with social and environmental responsibility.