Environmental Education in Greek Kindergartens



•First appeared in 1991 under the 1964/91 law
•Main goal: ‘Primary acquaintance of the children with the natural, social and human-made
environment’
•Not compulsory
•Five educational sectors/ EE one of them

•Interdisciplinary sector
•Educational ‘project’
•Knowledge, teaching, learning principles – constructivist framework •Some topics: myself, my
family and the environment, my schoolyard, my garden, my town, four seasons, animals and plants,
nature, garbage, ecology
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Three ways of teaching EE
1)Pop-up work plan
2)Thematic approach
3)Visits on museum, workplaces and fieldtrips

Pop-up work plan
•Random observation of the kids
•Conversation detecting-enriching
•Simple activities

Thematic approach
•Previous knowledge
•Plan activities
•Present materials/observe and comment
•Follow the planned procedure
•Conversation of the outcomes
•Expansion of primary activity

•Eugenia Flogaitis, Maria Daskolia and Georgia Liarakou (2005): «Greek kindergarten teachers'
practice in environmental education : an exploratory study», Online Version:
http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/3/3/299
•Pedagogical Institute of Greece, Ministry of National Education and Religions, (2005), “Preschool
Guide”
•Pedagogical Institute of Greece, Ministry of National Education and Religions, (2003),
“Cross-Thematic Curriculum Framework” (ΔΕΠΠΣ)