Browsing by Author "Guerrero Hernández, Gonzalo Rodolfo"

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    Non-formal educators' roles in environmental education: Insights from Latin America
    (2025) Candido Vendrasco, Natalia; Guerrero Hernández, Gonzalo Rodolfo
    Environmental and non-formal education are fundamental in the context of interconnected global crises, particularly climate change and biodiversity loss. Non-formal spaces such as national parks, botanical gardens, zoos and aquariums offer unique environments that promote values, knowledge and attitudes to foster environmental consciousness. However, research on the perspectives and roles of non-formal educators in these spaces remains limited. This study, framed within the socio-critical paradigm, explores how non-formal educators in Brazil and Chile perceive and enact environmental education. Through interviews, it is revealed that educators' roles in aquariums and zoos aim to evoke emotional responses regarding species extinction and emphasise conservation efforts addressing biodiversity concerns. In botanical gardens, the focus is on promoting knowledge about plants and ecosystems. In national parks, park rangers encourage critical process for conscientisation, highlighting the interdependence between humans and nature. This study highlights the importance of collaboration with other environmental educators from diverse educational contexts to address the complex, overlapping challenges of climate and ecological crises.
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    Preparando la entrega del “testimonio” en materia ambiental: Un aporte desde la Universidad a la discusión programática del próximo gobierno en temas ambientales
    Reyes Mendy, Francisca; Arellano, Eduardo; Arriagada Cisternas, Rodrigo; Bergamini Ladrón de Guevara, Kay Joaquín; Cifuentes Lira, Luis Abdón; Donoso H., Guillermo; Gelcich, Stefan; Ginocchio Cea, Rosanna; Guerrero Hernández, Gonzalo Rodolfo; Ibarra Eliessetch, José Tomás; Irarrázabal Sánchez, Ricardo; Jaksic Andrade, Fabian; Pabon Pereira, Claudia Patricia; Rivera Bravo, Daniela Pilar; Santander Martinez, Claudio; Ureta Icaza, Sebastián; Vicuña Díaz, Sebastián; Videla Leiva, Álvaro Rodrigo; Reyes Mendy, Francisca ; Chaura Vega, Catalina; Facultad de Derecho. Pontificia Unversidad Católica de Chile
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    Towards critical global functional scientific literacies
    Guerrero Hernández, Gonzalo Rodolfo; Sjöström, Jesper; Fuchs, Travis T.; Lee, Hyunju; Valladares, Liliana
    Amid intensifying global crises—including environmental degradation, socio-ecological injustices, and widespread public mistrust in science—science education must be re-envisioned through more critical and global but also local inclusive lenses. This response article critically engages with the recent contribution by Lederman et al. (2025), who introduce the concept of global functional scientific literacy. While their intervention is timely, we argue that their framing is limited, decontextualised, and insufficiently attentive to broader socio-political and epistemic concerns. Building on Vision III and recent scholarship in critical scientific literacies, we propose the notion of critical global functional scientific literacies as a more expansive and transformative framework. These literacies encompass not only scientific understanding and real-world application, but also socio-cultural, ethical, glocal and political dimensions that foster agency and collective action. Through this critique, we advocate for a form of science education that is justiceoriented, pluralistic, and reflexive—one capable of meaningfully engaging with the complexities and urgencies of the contemporary world. Our response builds on and extends previous critiques, emphasising that science education should function as a site of collective empowerment, rather than mere knowledge transmission.