Training of environmental educators in Mexico: progress and prospects

ABSTRACT

The training of environmental educators was established as an imperative of the field since the early years of its implementation in Mexico. While the development of professional training programs in the form of diplomas, specialization and masters has been continuous, it has also been vulnerable to changes in the universities of affiliation, as well as in government environmental policies. This article reports on this story. For this purpose, the problem is conceptualized, the current profile is found and summarized and some routes that have been designed to strengthen this field are described. In this regard, it particularly highlights the fact that various masters and doctorates in science or education accept proposals to research for environmental education. In this way, the sphere of professionalization has expanded beyond the environmental educators' circuit, which has favored dialogue and creative and productive exchanges with other areas of education such as intercultural education, conservation, science, climate change, literature and poetry, among others, which together offer a perspective on the process of professionalization of environmental educators in Mexico.

Keywords:
environmental education; professionalization; training challenges.