Competencias ambientales

This reflection article originates from the observation of the effects of environmental and behavioral phenomena that affect natural ecosystems and human populations, environmental education and ecopedagogy, establishing the need to analyze how cognitive processes develop that lead to the development of capacities and the formation of environmental competencies of the subjects in training, which leads to the reproduction of an environmental culture in schools in response to environmental problems at a local level. Conceptual aspects that expose the formation and the relationships between capacities and competencies are analyzed. There is also a reflection on the role of the teacher in the teachinglearning processes and the appropriation of the didactics of environmental education from natural contexts. Finally, Environmental issues are seen as important focal points for teaching and didactic processes so that the school and its environmental education programs facilitate the development of environmental skills in students.