Environmental Education in territorial context: secondary school-university collaboration for the exchange of experiences and scientific knowledge in the Conurbano Bonaerense

Abstract

We present a pedagogical-political and conceptual reflection on an innovative experience of teaching natural sciences at the Secondary Technical School of UNSAM (EST-UNSAM) located in José León Suárez, San Martín, carried out during the 2022 school year. In recent years, EST-UNSAM has been deeply rethinking the curriculum of the Secondary School and implementing new school formats. One of the most remarkable experiences was related to the interdisciplinary project-based teaching, specifically in the field of Natural Sciences in the oriented cycle of the Natural Sciences Bachelor's degree. In this context, and with the support of the Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias of the Argentine Ministerio de Educación, a collaboration was established between the secondary school EST-UNSAM (in its Natural Sciences orientation) and the Institute of Environmental Research and Engineering (3iA) of UNSAM. In this work, we report the different stages of collaboration between EST-UNSAM and 3iA. We will present some details of the project-based teaching experience in Natural Sciences and attempt an analysis and reflection on this type of university extension initiatives and how they contribute to building and consolidating various networks: University - Community, University - Secondary School, Scientific Knowledge - Territorial Knowledge, among others.