Environmental education in non-formal education in the Slovak Republic

Author(s):  
O.S. Turok ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
Sara Costa Carvalho ◽  
Heitor Oliveira Braga ◽  
Sofia de Santa-Maria ◽  
Beatriz Fonte ◽  
Mário Jorge Pereira ◽  
...  

This study aims at evaluating the environmental education (EE) and communication intervention for the valorization of migratory fish resources in an estuary of northern Portugal. The EE component intervention was implemented among Middle School pupils of that region. Students’ knowledge was quantitatively evaluated with an experimental approach of pre-testing and post-testing, on the ocean and estuarine literacy (OEL) and biology of migratory species, such as sea lamprey. This study also analyzes the communication component developed via social media. Results of the EE component show an evident increment of OEL (p < 0.05). It is also highlighted that students had previous knowledge on issues that are not covered in the curriculum. Social media has shown to be an effective communication tool mostly among the scientific community (e.g., Ethnobiology). The research has various implications to OEL since it brings a new perspective towards the integration of ocean literacy in formal education; as well as the valorization of Students’ local ecological knowledge and of inter-generational dynamics. This study contributed to promoting local biodiversity, OEL, and participatory local governance of these ecosystems.


Author(s):  
Mtra. Astrid Patricia De León Rodríguez ◽  
Dr. José María Infante Bonfiglio

Este trabajo es el resultado de una investigación sobre los mecanismos que pueden ayudar a comprender el uso y la incorporación de los conceptos y las acciones correspondientes a la introducción de la sustentabilidad y educación ambiental dentro de la educación formal en el nivel básico en Nuevo León. El estudio de caso abarca tres instituciones educativas de nivel básico: el Instituto Nezaldi, la Escuela primaria Vicente Guerrero y el Colegio San Patricio. Se toman en cuenta dos corrientes de la sustentabilidad, la naturalsita y la conservacionista, que determinan el enfoque de la Educación Ambiental para la Sustentabilidad en nuestro estado, tanto en teoría como en práctica. También una descripción de políticas públicas educativas, programas y  planes relacionados a la sustentabilidad que existen en la actualidad para la educación primaria en Nuevo León, así como las acciones que se ligan para construir una sociedad sustentable a través de la educación. AbstractThis research is a summary of the implementation of concepts and activities that are related to sustainability and environmental education inside the formal education of Nuevo León. It is a case study, that include three institutions of elementary education level; Instituto Nezaldi, Escuela Vicente Guerrero and Colegio San Patricio. There are also consider two main sustainability theories, naturalist and conservationist that determine the main focus of the Environmental Education for Sustainability in Nuevo León according to theoretical and practice aspects. It is also consider a description of public policies, education policies, sustainable programs that nowadays are available for elementary level students in Nuevo León, as well as all kind of actions that are involved for a sustainable society through education.Recibido: 25 de agosto de 2013Aceptado: 14 de mayo de 2014 


2003 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 81-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniella Tilbury ◽  
Kate Henderson

AbstractEducation for Intercultural Understanding seeks a better world. Its principal goal is education for change through addressing social issues with an intercultural perspective arising at the local, national and especially international levels. Underpinning this cross-curricular dimension is education for a sustainable future - a core concern of Environmental Education.This article will review Australia's engagement with international and intercultural education within formal education with a specific focus on its contribution to a sustainable future. It identifies recent influences that have shaped school policy and practice in this area. Lost opportunities are discussed as well as the scope for future developments, in particular within the socially critical fields of Citizenship Education, Futures Education, Global Education and Anti-racism Education as well as Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development. This paper is an extract from a recent report commissioned by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre for Education for International Understanding (APCEIU).


1990 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 29-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Hale

AbstractOver the past decade concern for the environment and, as a consequence, interest in environmental education have undergone a revival in Britain. Interest generated in the late Sixties and early Seventies was followed by a quiescent period during which few significant developments occurred. The publication of the World Conservation Strategy and the UK Response in the early Eighties, coupled with the general realisation that environmental degradation was occurring on a global scale, has caused a substantial increase in environmental interest. Recent developments in the formulation of a National Curriculum in England and Wales have provided a real opportunity to incorporate environmental education into the programs of study for every pupil between the ages of 5 to 16.The following paper concentrates on the formal education system but important developments are currently taking place in the youth sector. As the National Curriculum proceeds and becomes fully implemented it will further affect higher and further education and environmental education in industry.


2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Almeida ◽  
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie

AbstractWhat is distinctive or indistinctive about environmental education in schools and other formal education settings in India? In essence, what is thenessof environmental education in the Indian education system? Our responses to these important questions form the focus of this paper, shedding light on the historical, present and future directions (orness) of environmental education in India. In effect, we attempt to capture thenessof environmental education by considering practice, policy and research developments throughout the various contemporary and traditional environmental education movements. In so doing, we identify a theory-practice gap and a dire lack of research as some of the pertinent issues facing environmental education in India. In conclusion we discuss possible future directions that environmental education might take in addressing these issues.


2018 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 13024
Author(s):  
Samadi Samadi ◽  
Dwi Sukanti Lestariningsih

The study aims to identify factors for environmental education in non-formal education at coastal community, based on resilience and social-ecological systems as well as having the characteristics of marine until May-October 2014. This study used a qualitative approach, were involved in depth interview for key informant. This research was conducted in the coastal areas Cipatujah, Tasikmalaya regency of West Java Province. The results showed that the identification of factors that influence the construction of models of environmental education in the implementation of non-formal education in coastal communities are factors : (1) Strategy and Policy of Non -Formal PLH namely the carrying capacity of infrastructure and resources with the supporters as well as human resources sufficient education; (2) Carrying Capacity of Natural Resources and Environment Coastal Communities, namely the integration of ecological, sector integration and stakeholder alignment; (3) Cipatujah coastal communities need for infrastructure Grey mechanism involving roads, bridges, social infrastructure such as schools, health centers; and Blue infrastructure concerning infrastructure directly related to fishing activities such as fish auctions, boat docks, and shipbuilding. And lastly, (4) Efforts to develop and strengthen environmental education system in dire need of research location; based data systems business potential of marine and review of the supply side and demand side..


Author(s):  
Dr. Edgar González Gaudiano ◽  
Mtra. Rosa Elvira Valdez

Diversas investigaciones sobre representaciones sociales de medio ambiente se han realizado a partir de los años noventa, en diversos países de Iberoamérica. En este artículo se destacan los enfoques de los estudios realizados en el ámbito de la educación formal en España, Brasil y México, con énfasis en los sujetos hacia quienes fueron dirigidos. Se encontró que la tipología de representaciones naturalistas, antropocéntricas y globalizantes se ha convertido en una referencia clave en investigaciones de educación ambiental que utilizan esta teoría. De igual forma, que la mayor parte de los estudios se centran en un solo tipo de sujetos, ya sean los docentes o bien los alumnos, pero no hacia ambos interactuando al momento de la investigación. El campo de las representaciones sociales en la educación ambiental está en un estado inicial, de exploración, que requiere de más estudios con sujetos distintos y complementarios, así como de que sus resultados se apliquen para orientar los procesos, las prácticas y propuestas educativas hacia la formación de hábitos y valores pro-ambientales.AbstractSeveral investigations on environment social representations have been made as of years 90, in diverse countries of Latin America. This article highlights the approaches of the studies made in the scope of the formal education in Spain, Brazil, and Mexico, with emphasis onthe subjects towards those who were directed. One was that the typologies of naturalistic, anthropocentric and globalisingrepresentationshave become a key reference in investigations of environmental education that use this theory. Similarly, which most of the studies are centred in a single type of subjects, either they are teachers or the students, but not towards both interacting at the time of the investigation. The field of the social representations in the environmental education is in an initial, explorative state,it requires of more studies with different and complementary subjects, as well as of which their results are applied to orient the processes, the educationalpractices and proposals towards the formation of habits and pro-environmental values.Recibido: 20 de septiembre de 2010 Aceptado: 21 de febrero de 2011


Author(s):  
Patrícia Michelle Oliveira Freire ◽  
Fabiana Andrade Bernardes Almeida

A “questão ambiental” tem tomado a cena pública e estimulado diversos debates sobre as formas humanas de se relacionar com o mundo dito natural. O panorama contemporâneo de mal-estar perante a vida urbana conturbada tem impulsionado o desejo de “retorno à natureza” e, dessa maneira, as viagens a ambientes menos alterados têm sido procuradas e discutidas. Assim sendo, o ecoturismo vem ganhando destaque por sua proposta de se aliar ao elemento educacional a fim de superar a apreciação meramente contemplativa desses ambientes. Dessa maneira, o ecoturismo tem como ideal de sua prática a promoção de uma consciência ecológica amparada pela educação ambiental (EA). Entretanto, também é necessário relacionar o ecoturismo a temas como o consumo e a mercantilização da natureza, que culminam para que essa experiência perca seu caráter transformador e torne-se simplesmente mercadoria e espetáculo. Ademais, a EA possui diferentes vertentes de fundamentação e, assim, o ecoturismo pode basear-se em diferentes propostas educativas. A EA crítica, especificamente, apresenta-se como um projeto político-pedagógico que objetiva a formação de um sujeito (cons)ciente e capacitado a “ler e interpretar” o mundo ao seu redor, ou seja, o ambiente e as relações e conflitos inscritas nele. Dessa forma, como ação educativa, dedica-se a formação humana de um sujeito ecológico, um sujeito crítico que compreende o mundo e suas responsabilidades, assim como também age em respeito ao mundo. Então, estabelecidas as relações entre a EA e o ecoturismo buscou-se analisar se o ecoturismo como prática consciente na “natureza”, pode contribuir para a formação do sujeito ecológico fundamentado na EA crítica. Dessa maneira, tornou-se possível considerar a formação desse sujeito ecológico através da prática do ecoturismo apenas como uma “possibilidade”. Ressaltamos, então, que o caminho para essa formação precisa fundamentar-se na valorização da educação não-formal como parte legítima da formação educativa, buscando superar uma visão idealizada e superficial da natureza tanto na prática do ecoturismo, como na educação ambiental. Ecotourism, critical environmental education and ecological subject’s formation: convergences and challenges The “environmental issue” has taken the public scene and stimulated several debates regarding the human forms of relating with the so called natural world. The discommodity contemporary view relative to the troubled urban life has driven people to nurture a desire to “return to nature” and, for this reason, the travels to less altered natural environments has been sought and debated. Therefore, ecotourism has been gaining attention due to its proposal of allying visits to nature and education in order to go beyond a mere contemplative appreciation of the environment. Thus, ecotourism has aims at promoting ecological awareness supported by environmental education. However, it is necessary to associate the activity to topics such as consumption and trade of nature that result in the loss and transformation of the experience, turning the experience into mere merchandise and entertainment. Furthermore, environmental education is composed by different grounds of substantiation and, because of that, ecotourism practice can be based on a broad range of educational proposals. The critical environmental education presents itself as a political-pedagogical project that aims at the formation of an aware subject capable to “reads and interprets” the world around him, that is, the environment and the relations and conflicts contained in it. Therefore, as an educational action, it is dedicated to the human formation of an ecological subject, a critical being, that comprehends the world and his responsibilities as well as acts in respect to the planet. So, once established the relations between environmental education and ecotourism, we will assess whether ecotourism, as a conscious practice in “nature”, can contribute with the formation of an ecological being based on a critical environmental education. By this way, it was possible to consider the formation of this ecological subject through ecotourism only as a "possibility". In this paper, we emphasize that the way for this formation must be based on the valorization of non-formal education as a legitimate part of the individual’s formation, seeking to overcome an idealized and superficial vision of nature, both in ecotourism and in environmental education. KEYWORDS: Ecotourism; Critical Environmental Education; Ecological Subject.


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