ŠIMONOVÁ, Petra and Jan ČINČERA. Do Environmental Education School Coordinators Have a Mission? Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education. 2016, 7/2016, No 1, p. 23-36. ISSN 2255-7547. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2016-0002.
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Original name Do Environmental Education School Coordinators Have a Mission?
Authors ŠIMONOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jan ČINČERA (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2016, 2255-7547.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50300 5.3 Education
Country of publisher Latvia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/16:00090164
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2016-0002
Keywords in English environmental education; EE school coordinators; teacher training; teachers’ self-efficacy
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Abstract
Teachers who are specialized in environmental education (environmental education school coordinators1) can play an important role in empowering students to shape a sustainable future. In this study, the authors examined a group of Czech environmental education school coordinators. The authors aimed to clarify how they interpret their role at their respective schools, how they perceive their self-efficacy, and what they observe as benefits and barriers to their work as a coordinator. They conducted a qualitative study with focus groups and completed individual in-depth interviews with the coordinators. The results suggest that the coordinators view their work as a mission. The ultimate goal of this mission is to change the children’s behavior to make it more pro-environmental, and, at the same time, to establish this effort as a commitment of the whole school. The authors identified different forms of mission, described development in time and connected them with the perceived self-efficacy of the coordinators.
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MUNI/A/1299/2014, interní kód MUName: Aktuálne prístupy k štúdiu environmentálnych fenoménov (Acronym: PN)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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