Environmental awareness and eco-efficiency in the high school class at an educational institution in Peru

El objetivo fue determinar la relación entre la conciencia ambiental (CA) y ecoeficiencia (ECO) en escolares del 4° grado en las Institución Educativas Secundarias de la provincia de Andahuaylas, 2019. Presenta un diseño no experimental, tipo básico, enfoque cuantitativo y nivel correlacional, desarrolladas en las Institución Educativas Secundarias de la provincia de Andahuaylas, con una población de 280 educandos, y una muestra de 162 educandos. Se aplicaron dos instrumentos de 40 interrogantes para la V1 y de 44 ítems para la V2. De los resultados, se infiere nivel de asociatividad entre conciencia ambiental y ecoeficiencia. Con el Rho de Spearman, se obtuvo relación inversa y muy baja entre conciencia ambiental y la ecoeficiencia con (r = -0,043, p = 0.590>0,05), en escolares del cuarto grado en las I.E. Secundarias de la provincia de Andahuaylas, 2019. Palabras clave: conciencia ambiental; problemas ambientales; desarrollo sostenible; Ecoeficiencia; pensamiento global.The objective was to determine the relationship between environmental awareness (CA) and eco-efficiency (ECO) in 4th grade students in the Secondary Educational Institutions of the province of Andahuaylas, 2019. It presents a non-experimental design, basic type, quantitative approach and correlational level, developed in the Secondary Educational Institutions of the province of Andahuaylas, with a population of 280 students, and a sample of 162 students. Two instruments were applied with 40 questions for V1 and 44 items for V2. From the results, the level of associativity between environmental awareness and eco-efficiency is inferred. With Spearman's Rho, an inverse and very low relationship was obtained between environmental awareness and eco-efficiency (r = -0.043, p = 0.590>0.05), in fourth grade students in secondary schools in the province of Andahuaylas, 2019. Keywords: environmental awareness; environmental problems; sustainable development; eco-efficiency; global thinking