La intervención del Trabajo Social y los programas de educación ambiental del Gobierno autónomo descentralizado Municipal del Cantón Riobamba

Abstract

The deterioration of the environment is currently a problem of a social nature, therefore, the current governments have implemented environmental education in their public policies. The objective of this study is: To investigate the influence of the intervention of Social Work in the environmental education programs of the Municipal Autonomous Decentralized Government of the cantón Riobamba. The methodology had a qualitative-quantitative approach, this type of research was used with 100 citizens from Riobamba to whom the survey was applied, the same as, its questionnaire was validated and the interviews were carried out with 6 municipal officials. The statistical analysis was performed using Chi square tests with a significance level of 5%, after processing the information through this tool the null hypothesis is verified, which shows that there is no correlation between the intervention social work and environmental education programs in the place that was the object of study. It should be noted that the professional action of the Social Worker will be directed with knowledge related to the environmental area, in addition they will know about laws and mandates on the environment, with highly developed social skills to promote citizen participation, therefore, they will have a notion on issues of sensitization and awareness to achieve sustainable development with responsible environmental practices. After interpreting the results, it was concluded that, in the Directorate of Environmental Management, Health and Hygiene, it is necessary to incorporate a social work professional to its technical team, who fulfills the functions of: planning, organization, direction, control and evaluation.