Abstract

The formation of ecological culture is one of the challenges in the educational process, fully in line with the new initiatives of the European Network for politics in the field of key competences (KeyCoNet). Ecological education presupposes direct contact with nature and the everyday urban environment and becomes a necessary element of modern curricula. The inclusion of adolescents in various activities of an ecological nature fits into the leading ecological paradigms of our time. Along with the traditional school environment, the various urban spaces are becoming a natural learning platform, offering non-traditional educational approaches for teaching outside the classroom and the formation of knowledge and skills in modern ecological and social infrastructure.

Highlights

  • The formation of ecological culture is one of the challenges in the educational process, fully in line with the leading ecological paradigms for sustainable development of the urban environment and suburban areas

  • The purpose of extracurricular teaching is the formation of knowledge and skills in the conditions of our modern urban infrastructure

  • A serious provocation for the education system, which has become an adequate solution during the Kovid crisis, which creatively implements new projects and models for environmental education

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Introduction

The formation of ecological culture is one of the challenges in the educational process, fully in line with the leading ecological paradigms for sustainable development of the urban environment and suburban areas. The main goal of environmental education is to engage emotionally adolescents with environmental issues by purposefully forming a specific culture, environmental thinking, knowledge and behavior. Such competencies are gradually upgraded through: - increasing knowledge about inanimate and animate nature (biodiversity); - building ecological culture and environmental behavior in young people; - creating appropriate conditions for activating the cognitive activity of the students with ecological orientation; - building curiosity and love for nature in children; - interactive learning through actions, activities and experiences in a real natural environment; Along with the traditional school environment, different urban spaces are becoming a natural learning platform, offering non-traditional educational approaches to teaching outside the classroom. A serious provocation for the education system, which has become an adequate solution during the Kovid crisis, which creatively implements new projects and models for environmental education

Environmental education
The challenges
The urban environment
Learning through an urban environment
The places of our everyday life
Good examples from Bulgaria
The meaning
Conclusion
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