Environmental Citizenship in Primary Formal Education

  1. Činčera, Jan 1
  2. Romero-Ariza, Marta 2
  3. Zabic, Mirjana 3
  4. Kalaitzidaki, Marianna 4
  5. del Consuelo Díez Bedmar, María 2
  1. 1 Faculty of Social Studies, Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
  2. 2 Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
  3. 3 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  4. 4 Department of Primary Education, University of Creta, Rethymno, Greece
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Libro:
Environmental Discourses in Science Education

ISSN: 2352-7307,  2352-7315

ISBN: 9783030202484,  9783030202491

Año de publicación: 2020

Páginas: 163-177

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_11 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Resumen

he 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.

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