<p>The purpose of this research work is to contextualize the socio-environmental problems of the institutional educational projects of four educational institutions of the Atlantic department. Consequently, it aims to provide an alternative solution to the lack of relevance of these projects in terms of the environmental and social scope of these communities. To achieve this purpose, the study population was delimited, which is constituted by four educational institutions of the department of the Atlantic. Next, a representative sample of students, teachers and teaching directors was taken for each one of them, taking into account some criteria for their selection, such as place of residence, length of time at the institution and degree completed. Subsequently, surveys and interviews were applied to students and teachers. The information collected with these instruments, together with the documentary review of the PRAES through an analysis guide, allowed to show in the results, a decontextualization of these projects (PRAE), compared to the real environmental situation of the municipality or area of ​​interaction of the institution and its territory.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Subsequently, we proceeded with the development of strategies for reading the territory. Finally, the results of each area are compared and triangulation is made with the existing information.</p>
<p>. The project was developed under an interpretive paradigm type of descriptive research. In addition, the implementation of these strategies allowed students to know the resources that their environment possess and the dynamics in which they interact with each other and with the community.</p>