scholarly journals Increasing the role of the NovSU zoological museum in environmental education of the population

Author(s):  
M A Konovalova ◽  
T V Denisenkova
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1322-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Barata ◽  
Paula Castro ◽  
Maria Amélia Martins-Loução

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Gough ◽  
Noel Gough

AbstractThis article explores the changing ways ‘environment’ has been represented in the discourses of environmental education and education for sustainable development (ESD) in United Nations (and related) publications since the 1970s. It draws on the writings of Jean-Luc Nancy and discusses the increasingly dominant view of the environment as a ‘natural resource base for economic and social development’ (United Nations, 2002, p. 2) and how this instrumentalisation of nature is produced by discourses and ‘ecotechnologies’ that ‘identify and define the natural realm in our relationship with it’ (Boetzkes, 2010, p. 29). This denaturation of nature is reflected in the priorities for sustainable development discussed at Rio+20 and proposed successor UNESCO projects. The article argues for the need to reassert the intrinsic value of ‘environment’ in education discourses and discusses strategies for so doing. The article is intended as a wake-up call to the changing context of the ‘environment’ in ESD discourses. In particular, we need to respond to the recent UNESCO (2013a, 2013b) direction of global citizenship education as the successor to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005–2014 that continues to reinforce an instrumentalist view of the environment as part of contributing to ‘a more just, peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable world’ (UNESCO, 2013a, p. 3).


Author(s):  
Mrs.V.Gnanaselvi ◽  
Dr. Edward William Benjamin

The role of Environmental education is perceived as one that would generate awareness and provide opportunities to gain knowledge, attitudes and skills which are required to protect and improve the environment. This study examines Academic Achievement in Environmental Science of B.Ed.students, with reference to their Gender, Stream of Subjects and Qualification. The Academic Achievement in environmental science was collected from the respective colleges. The results of the present study reflect that there is no significant relationship with respect to Gender, there exist significant relationship in Academic Achievement of Environmental science between Arts and Science students and Undergraduate and Postgraduates student. KEYWORDS: Environmental science, Academic achievement, B.Ed. students.


Author(s):  
Solange Fernandes Soares Coutinho ◽  
Erica de Souza Silva ◽  
Patrícia Alves da Silva

Considerando que a Educação Ambiental pode contribuir positivamente para a solução, minimização e prevenção de problemas ambientais, entre eles aqueles derivados do planejamento inadequado e da gestão equivocada de atividades de Turismo e de Lazer, este estudo, que faz parte de uma pesquisa da Coordenação de Estudos Ambientais da Fundação Joaquim Nabuco – “Dinâmicas Ecológicas e Sociais em Ambientes Costeiros do Nordeste Brasileiro: interações e intervenções” – objetiva discutir e provocar reflexões sobre complementaridades e conflitos entre turismo, lazer e meio ambiente, ressaltando o papel da Educação Ambiental para o alcance da sustentabilidade social, ecológica e econômica, através de análises qualitativas das atividades em questão. Baseou-se em um estudo de caso – o Município Ilha de Itamaracá, pertencente à Região Metropolitana do Recife, Estado de Pernambuco – centrando-se na revisão bibliográfica, observações de campo, levantamento, coleta e tratamento de dados secundários e primários, estes últimos obtidos através da aplicação de questionários semiabertos e histórias de vida. Metodologicamente, a análise de conteúdo permitiu a interpretação das respostas abertas. Os resultados alcançados demonstraram que no município estudado as atividades de Turismo e de Lazer são desenvolvidas de forma intensa, mesmo nos períodos de declínio, ocasionando modificações significativas nos ambientes que lhes dão suporte devido à exploração massiva dos atrativos turísticos; ao fluxo desordenado de turistas, ocupantes de segundas residências, visitantes e excursionistas; à conduta inadequada em relação ao uso das praias e do patrimônio histórico-cultural; à ausência de planejamento e gestão pública e privada que integre uma Educação Ambiental abrangente e continuada às atividades de Turismo e de Lazer, garantindo-lhes sustentabilidade. Environmental education and social and ecological sustainability of tourist places and leisure ABSTRACT: Considering that the Environmental Education can contribute positively to the solution, minimization and prevention of environmental problems, among them those derived of the inadequate planning and of the mistaken administration of activities of Tourism and of Leisure, this study, that it is part of a research of the Coordination of Environmental Studies of Fundação Joaquim Nabuco – “Ecological and Social Dynamics in Coast Sites of the Northeast of Brazil: interactions and interventions" - aims to discuss and to provoke reflections on complementarities and conflicts among tourism, leisure and environment, emphasizing the role of the Environmental Education to the reach of social, ecological and economical sustainability, through qualitative analyses of the activities in question. It’s based on a case study - The Itamaracá Island Municipal District, belonging to the Metropolitan Area of Recife, State of Pernambuco - being centered in the bibliographical revision, field observations, rising, collects and treatment of secondary and primary data, these last ones obtained through the application of semi-opened questionnaires and life stories. Methodologically, the analysis of content allowed the interpretation of the opened-answers. The reached results demonstrated that in the Municipal District studied the activities of Tourism and Leisure they are developed in an intense way, even in the decline periods, causing significant modifications in the environment that give them support due to the intensive exploration of tourist attractions; to the tourists' disordered flow, occupants of second residences, visitors and excursionists; to the inadequate conduct in relation to the use of the beaches and of the historical-cultural patrimony; to the planning and management absence of public and private administration that integrates an including and continuous Environmental Education to the Tourism and Leisure activities, guaranteeing them sustainability. KEYWORDS: Environmental Education; Itamaracá Island Municipal District; Social and Ecological Sustainability; Tourism and Leisure.


Author(s):  
Elham Koohi ◽  
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Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri ◽  
Mohammad Zakaria Kiaei ◽  
Hossein Meiboudi

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Humphreys ◽  
Sean Blenkinsop

AbstractThis article uses an unconventional format to explore the role of parent and nature and the development of a young child's ecological identity. It follows journal entries from a mother observing her young son, Julian, as he explores, interacts with, and learns from the Stawamus River on the west coast of British Columbia. By creating questions, discussing and analysing these written observations, we explore the role of parenting and nature and the implications this might have for environmental education. Some of the ideas explored in this article include early ecological identity, empathy, relational existence, experiential learning, and affordances in the natural world. We further suggest that nature and parent working together might become key educators for a child.


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