scholarly journals Primary School Project Fostering Environmental Education through Art

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Elisa Saraiva ◽  
Maria Manuel Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
School Project ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Art Activities

Promoting Education through the integration of Environmental Science and Art is a creative and innovative way to stimulate young people to learn Science and Art with pleasure. This study is based on the outcomes of an Educational Project implemented by Portuguese students from the D. Maria II School, V.N. Famalicão, Portugal. The project consisted in the implementation of several activities, exploring concepts related to 1) Science; 2) Art; and 3) Solidarity. The effectiveness of the project was assessed through student’s engagement, quality of interactions and resulting products. According students’ opinions, the experience of taking part in this project was exciting and help them to raise their understanding and interest about environmental issues. This study highlights the importance of taking advantage of art activities to teach and learn about environmental science.

scholarly journals Τhe Impact of Training Environmental Educators: Environmental Perceptions and Attitudes of Pre-Primary and Primary School Teachers in Greece

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 274
Author(s):  
Dafni Petkou ◽  
Veronika Andrea ◽  
Katerina Anthrakopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Environmental Perceptions ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Educators

Environmental education is an important tool for managing environmental problems, with a view to protecting the environment. Several significant factors, however, impede its implementation. Educators’ lack of knowledge and appropriate training on environmental topics results in difficulties in implementing environmental education programs. Nevertheless, environmental literacy is expected to lead to the manifestation of pro-environmental behavior. The aim of the present study was to examine the impacts of environmental training on pre-primary and primary school educators, and its influence on the formation of their environmental perceptions and attitudes. We investigated whether training triggers the implementation of environmental education programs, and its possible metacognitive effects on educators. Simple random sampling was used as a sampling method. A structured questionnaire was administered to 154 pre-primary and primary school teachers, and the data collection took place through the use of face-to-face interviews. The research findings indicated that educators were interested in environmental issues, and mainly used the media to obtain information about environmental issues. Gender and age were important characteristics influencing the performance and attitudes of environmental educators. It also became apparent that there are significant deficiencies in the capacity building of educators, and in the organization of environmental education in pre-primary and primary education, that negatively affect the implementation of environmental programs in schools.

scholarly journals Turismo Sustentável e Educação Ambiental: dois importantes aliados na promoção do Desenvolvimento Sustentável / Sustainable Tourism and Environmental Education: two important allies in Sustainable Development promotion

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (58) ◽  
pp. 673-686
Author(s):  
Giovana Natalie Carvalho Santos ◽  
Maria Beatriz Junqueira Bernardes
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Negative Impacts

A urgência do tratamento das questões ambientais e da promoção de processos mais sustentáveis, assim como a crescente competitividade entre os destinos turísticos e os impactos negativos gerados pelo turismo exigem que todos os envolvidos na cadeia turística tomem consciência de sua corresponsabilidade na preservação ambiental e melhoria da qualidade de vida da população. A Educação Ambiental (EA) apresenta-se como uma grande aliada do turismo sustentável, ao promover a tomada de consciência por meio da vivência. Este artigo é um recorte da dissertação de mestrado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia e tem como propósito discutir sobre a importância da Educação Ambiental para o desenvolvimento do Turismo Sustentável. Caracteriza-se como pesquisa exploratória sendo consultados para contextualização e abordagem da temática livros, artigos científicos, legislação e sites. O artigo se divide em quatro sessões em que serão discutidos temas como o Desenvolvimento Sustentável e a Sustentabilidade, a relevância da Educação Ambiental como agente transformador e promotor do DS e a importância da EA para a promoção do Turismo Sustentável. Palavras-chave: Turismo Sustentável, Educação Ambiental, Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Sustentabilidade.AbstractThe urgency of addressing environmental issues and promoting more sustainable processes, as well as the increasing competitiveness between touristic destinations and the negative impacts generated by tourism, require all those involved in the tourism chain to become aware of their co-responsibility in environmental preservation and improvement of the populations' quality of life. Environmental Education (EE) presents itself as a great ally of sustainable tourism by promoting awareness through living. This article is a cut of the master's dissertation of the Postgraduate Program in Geography of the Federal University of Uberlândia and aims to discuss the importance of Environmental Education for the development of Sustainable Tourism. It is characterised as exploratory research being consulted for contextualization and approach of thematic books, scientific articles, legislation and sites. The article is divided into four sessions that will discuss topics such as Sustainable Development and Sustainability, the relevance of Environmental Education as a transforming agent and promoter of SD and the importance of EE for the promotion of Sustainable Tourism.Keywords: Sustainable Tourism, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Sustainability.

Defining criteria for good environmental journalism and testing their applicability: An environmental news review as a first step to more evidence based environmental science reporting

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiebke Rögener ◽  
Holger Wormer
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Science ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
Science Reporting ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Systematic Development ◽  
Environmental News ◽  
Quality Of Coverage

While the quality of environmental science journalism has been the subject of much debate, a widely accepted benchmark to assess the quality of coverage of environmental topics is missing so far. Therefore, we have developed a set of defined criteria of environmental reporting. This instrument and its applicability are tested in a newly established monitoring project for the assessment of pieces on environmental issues, which refer to scientific sources and therefore can be regarded as a special field of science journalism. The quality is assessed in a kind of journalistic peer review. We describe the systematic development of criteria, which might also be a model procedure for other fields of science reporting. Furthermore, we present results from the monitoring of 50 environmental reports in German media. According to these preliminary data, the lack of context and the deficient elucidation of the evidence pose major problems in environmental reporting.

scholarly journals Formation of ecological education of the population

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Valery Litvishko ◽  
Aigul Akhmetova ◽  
Gaukhar Kodasheva ◽  
Aigerim Zhussupova ◽  
Rilla Malikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Characteristic Features

This article analyzes the concepts and role of environmental education of the population, and also discusses the problems of forming an ecological outlook among young people in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Solving global issues, including environmental protection, fighting the consequences of the environmental crisis, is comprehensive, including in the field of education. The solution to the vital environmental issues and problems faced by the world community is largely correlated with the prosperity of environmental education and the upbringing of the future generation. In this regard, the pedagogical and social aspects of environmental education and the education of young people is the main issue in the period of modernization in Kazakhstan. The problem of environmental education of young people should be regarded as a sovereign and self-valuable area of the educational development of the people’s personality. The characteristic features include understanding of the goals, objectives and detectors of the effectiveness of education, the orientation of educational interaction in solving global and local environmental issues, reinforcement of environmental education and practical activities of public non-governmental organizations.

scholarly journals The system of educating primary school students to care positively about the environment environmental education in primary school

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Kodirova Muhayyo Salievna ◽  
Bovanova Umida
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ecological Culture

This article focuses on environmental issues. Special attention is paid to the methods and ways of forming ecological culture in primary school.

scholarly journals The first issue of InJAST available in print and online

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Dolly Priatna ◽  
Kathryn A. Monk
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Study Programme

It is our great pleasure to announce that the very first issue of the Indonesian Journal of Applied Environmental Studies (InJAST) is now be  available   in  both  print  and  online.  This journal has evolved from the Journal of Environmental Education which started in 2015, and was managed  by the Study Programme of Population and Environmental Education, Graduate Programme of Pakuan University. Because this study programme has now become the Study Programme of Environmental Management,  we have decided to establish this new journal to publish scientific articles covering broader environmental issues that are written by the  Indonesian  students  of  graduate programmes either in Pakuan and other universities or researchers. Meanwhile, the publication and management  of the Journal of Environmental Education will be transferred to another relevant faculty or study programme within Pakuan University.We intend the new InJAST to be  published in English (with abstracts  both in English and Bahasa) so that it can reach a wider readership internationally, and we hope encourage international  environmental  students  and scientists working  in Indonesia or on topics of specific relevance to Indonesia,   to disseminate their research results and findings through  this journal.We are pleased to also announce that it has been agreed  in principle that  this new journal will be published collaboratively between the Graduate School of Pakuan University and PERWAKU (Perhimpunan Cendikiawan Pemerhati  Lingkungan  Indonesia,  the Indonesian Association of Environmentalist Scholars). A formal Memorandum of Understanding   between  both  parties  will  be signed in the near future.In this occasion, we, as the chief editors of this new journal, would like to express our gratitude  to various parties and individuals who have supported this initiative,  especially to Prof. Dr. H. Bibin Rubini, M.Pd. (Chancellor of Pakuan University), Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Soewarto Hardhienata (Dean of Graduate School Pakuan University), and Prof. Jatna Supriatna, Ph.D. (Chairman   of   PERWAKU  Indonesia).     We would also like to express special thanks to our national and international  colleagues at Pakuan University  and     elsewhere, who have so generously offered their time as members of the editorial board of the journal.Last but not least, we hope that the Indonesian Journal  of  Applied Environmental Studies  (InJAST) will  provide new  colour and perspectives the scientific journals published by Pakuan Univeristy,  and become the vehicle of choice for environmental  science students  and scientists to disseminate of their work.

School strikers enacting politics for climate justice: Daring to think differently about education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Peta J. White ◽  
Joseph P. Ferguson ◽  
Niamh O’Connor Smith ◽  
Harriet O’Shea Carre
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
The Political ◽  
Politics And Education ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Politically Active

Abstract Two school strikers − Niamh and Harriet − come together with two environmental education academics − Peta and Joseph − to explore what it means to be young people enacting politics for the environment in Australia, and what this might mean for re-imagining education. Niamh and Harriet are leaders of, and were integral to initiating, the highly effective School Strike 4 Climate − Australia (SS4C) movement, enacting ‘principled disobedience’. Peta and Joseph work in teacher education, preparing future teachers who will teach students who are increasingly climate savvy and politically active. In coming together and through the lens of pragmatism, we highlight the political nature of what Niamh and Harriet have been undertaking as they negotiate social, cultural, educational and environmental issues implicated in the climate crisis. Collaborative autoethnography framed our exploration of motivations for action, politics and education within our communities. Through Niamh’s and Harriet’s experiences, we explore how young people express agency while developing identity. Our autoethnographic conversations highlighted the experience and political agency that many of our young people demonstrate and led to us reflecting on the resulting opportunity for educators to ‘dare to think’ differently about education.

scholarly journals Environmental education in Brazil: A look from Law Nº 9.795

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
Tarcísio Roldão da Rosa ◽  
Carlos dos Passos Paulo Matias ◽  
Adilson Tadeu Basquerote ◽  
Eduardo Pimentel Menezes ◽  
Vilson Menegon Bristot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
The World ◽  
Qualitative Nature ◽  
Education In Brazil ◽  
Different Parts

Concerns about environmental issues have strengthened since the 1970s in different parts of the world. In Brazil, the socio-environmental debate resulted in the need for Environmental Education. The study presents the trajectory of twenty years since the implementation of the Environmental Education Law, nº 9795, of April 24, 1999 and its importance in guiding education professionals, students and professionals in the tourist trade on environmental education. It is characterized by a study of a qualitative nature, through exploratory research, resulting from the analysis of documents from the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Education. As a result, the essential topics that helped in the creation of this Law are presented, the main foundations that support it and how it touches on the precepts of quality of life and sustainability.

scholarly journals EDUCACIÓN AMBIENTAL: PERCEPCIONES DE LOS AGENTES QUE TRABAJARON EN EL PROYECTO PARA REVITALIZAR UN PARQUE URBANO EN EL MUNICIPIO DE CONFRESA/MT

PARADIGMA ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 139-170
Author(s):  
Katiany dos Santos Pereira ◽  
Marcelo Franco Leão
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Analysis Technique

Desarrollar acciones dirigidas a la conservación del medio ambiente, con el fin de provocar la reflexión sobre cuestiones ambientales, es una forma de Educación Ambiental (EA). El objetivo de este estudio es describir cómo los agentes que trabajaron en el proyecto de revitalización de Eco Park perciben las acciones desarrolladas como un medio para promover la EE. La revitalización propuesta para este parque en el municipio de Confresa / MT, tuvo lugar en 2019, a través de tres acciones para mejorar la calidad del lugar y crear conciencia entre la población que lo frecuenta. Con base en las acciones realizadas, se aplicó un cuestionario con 10 preguntas a 12 agentes responsables de la elaboración y desarrollo del proyecto. Para analizar los datos, se adoptó la técnica de Análisis de Contenido. Se identificaron 5 categorías: problemas ambientales en la región; Educación ambiental y revitalización de Eco Park; Participación en el proyecto y cambios a través de las acciones desarrolladas; Aprendizaje, beneficios y mejoras para el parque; Desarrollo sostenible y sensibilización. Por lo tanto, se observó que los agentes entienden el concepto y la percepción de EA, exponiendo la importancia del proyecto, citando problemas ambientales presentes en el entorno en el que se insertan y acciones que aún deben llevarse a cabo en el parque, en el municipio y especialmente en las escuelas de la región.Palabras clave: Educación ambiental, medio ambiente, revitalización.ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: PERCEPTIONS OF AGENTS WHO WORKED ON THE PROJECT TO REVITALIZE AN URBAN PARK IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONFRESA/MTAbstractDeveloping actions aimed at environmental conservation, in order to provoke reflection on environmental issues, is a form of Environmental Education (EE). The aim of this study is to describe how the agents who worked on the Eco Park revitalization project perceive the actions developed as a means of promoting EE. The proposed revitalization for this park in the municipality of Confresa / MT, took place in 2019, through three actions to improve the quality of the place and raise awareness among the population that frequents it. Based on the actions carried out, a questionnaire with 10 questions was applied to 12 agents responsible for the elaboration and development of the project. To analyze the data, the Content Analysis technique was adopted. There were 5 categories identified: Environmental problems in the region; Environmental education and the revitalization of Eco Park; Participation in the project and changes through the actions developed; Learning, benefits and improvement for the park; Sustainable development and awareness. Therefore, it was noticed that the agents understand the concept and perception of AE, exposing the importance of the project, citing environmental problems present in the environment in which they are inserted and actions that still need to be carried out in the park, in the municipality and especially in the schools of the region.Keywords: Environmental education, environment, evitalization.EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL: PERCEPÇÕES DOS AGENTES QUE ATUARAM NO PROJETO DE REVITALIZAÇÃO DE UM PARQUE URBANO NO MUNICÍPIO DE CONFRESA/MTResumoDesenvolver ações voltadas à conservação do meio ambiente, de maneira a provocar reflexão sobre as problemáticas ambientais, é uma forma de Educação Ambiental (EA). O objetivo deste estudo é descrever como os agentes que atuaram no projeto de revitalização do Eco Park percebem as ações desenvolvidas como meio de promover EA. A revitalização proposta para este parque do município de Confresa/MT, ocorreu em 2019, por meio de três ações para melhorar a qualidade do local e sensibilizar da população que o frequenta. A partir das ações executadas, aplicou-se um questionário com 10 perguntas para 12 agentes responsáveis pela elaboração e desenvolvimento do projeto. Para analisar os dados, adotou-se a técnica da Análise de Conteúdo. Foram 5 as categorias identificadas: Problemas ambientais da região; A educação ambiental e a revitalização do Eco Park; A participação no projeto e as mudanças por meio das ações desenvolvidas; Aprendizagem, benefícios e melhoria para o parque; Desenvolvimento sustentável e sensibilização. Logo, notou-se que os agentes compreendem o conceito e a percepção da EA, expondo a importância do projeto, citando problemas ambientais presentes no ambiente em que estão inseridos e ações que ainda precisam ser realizadas no parque, no município e principalmente nas escolas da região.Palavras-chave: Educação Ambiental, meio ambiente, revitalização.

scholarly journals Nya former för lärande: Leken som ett redskap i lärandet i miljö i grundskolans tidigare årskurser

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
Christel Persson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Food Webs ◽  
School Children ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Food Chains

The aim of this study is to show how play, as a dimension in teaching and learning, can act as catalystin learning in environmental issues. The research question is how primary school children use scientificand technological conceptions in order to describe and understand environmental contexts. In thisarticle nine-year-old boys and girls deal with conceptions like food-chains and food-webs but alsowhether man is part of nature or not. The analysis is based on metacognitive dialogues where thescience teacher and the children are interacting. The discussion points out what possibilities andboundaries play as a tool can provide in teaching and learning in environmental education.

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