Detailed Information on Publication Record
2020
Environmental Citizenship in Primary Formal Education
ČINČERA, Jan, Marta ROMERO-ARIZA, Mirjana ZABIC, Marianna KALAITZIDAKI, María DEL CONSUELO DÍEZ BEDMAR et. al.Basic information
Original name
Environmental Citizenship in Primary Formal Education
Authors
ČINČERA, Jan (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Marta ROMERO-ARIZA (724 Spain), Mirjana ZABIC (70 Bosnia and Herzegovina), Marianna KALAITZIDAKI (300 Greece) and María DEL CONSUELO DÍEZ BEDMAR (724 Spain)
Edition
1st ed. Cham, Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education, p. 163-177, 15 pp. Environmental Discourses in Science Education, vol. 4. 2020
Publisher
Springer Open
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
Field of Study
50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher
Switzerland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
electronic version available online
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/20:00115365
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN
978-3-030-20248-4
Keywords in English
Environmental citizenship; Primary education; Formal education; Pedagogical approaches
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 30/3/2021 13:29, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová
Abstract
V originále
The concept of Environmental Citizenship, as it has been developed in this project, calls for the development of specific awareness, attitudes, skills, behaviours and competences that need to be cultivated from early childhood for active civic participation. Primary formal education could provide opportunities for the achievement of these goals. In this chapter, we elaborate on how Environmental Citizenship, which provides the specifics of age and formal settings, could be approached and the educational strategies that could be recommended or avoided based on the existing literature. This chapter also provides an overview of the most important educational aims regarding the development of Environmental Citizenship in primary formal education. These include environmental sensitivity, a sense of justice, a basic understanding of ecological systems, necessary skills for the investigation of ecological and social phenomena, and action skills that relate to active participation in community issues. We suggest that successful educational interventions, integrated pedagogical approaches and key designing principles could promote Environmental Citizenship at primary schools. In addition, effective training and professional development programmes can equip teachers with the knowledge, values, skills and strategies necessary to implement Environmental Citizenship at this level.
