Environmental Education In Schools Research Articles

Education and Human Resources: Retaining Future Human Resources’ Behaviours to Nature Through Environmental Education

Human beings face environmental problems. Consistent endeavors have to be done through shifting young generation’s ecological behaviours through environmental education as children’s environmental values and attitude might be affected by their surrounding society. The purpose of this study was to explore students’ knowledge, attitudes and actions towards environmental education of a school claiming as a–go￾green school. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and documents. We systematized our analysis and discussion around participants’ perspectives and contexts in which students’ knowledge and behavioural changes towards environmental lifestyles and strategies they faced occurred. The analysis of the data revealed that key themes related to development of caring schools and culture environment policy, development of activity based participatory, management and or development of school instruments, environmental education in schools, the ways of environmental education is integrated, and the effect of environmental education on knowledge and behavioural changes of students. Policy implications and future environmental education research are also discussed.

ХИМИЯ МУГАЛИМДЕРИНИН ЭКОЛОГИЯЛЫК БИЛИМДЕРИН ӨРКҮНДӨТҮҮ

At present, environmental education and the upbringing of schoolchildren and university students remains one of the most important issues of the day. In this regard, acquaintance with the scientific research of different countries showed that there are certain activities in the field of Chemical and Environmental Education in schools. For example, the program of the "environmentalism" Chemistry Course, developed in Russia and in the Kyrgyz Republic, provides an ecological approach to the study of Chemistry ainall types of schools. The need to introduce the twelve principles of Green Chemistry presented in the book "Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice" was explained by interpreting the several questions. This paper emphasizes that Chemistry Teachers need to not only teach the subject but also to improve their environmental knowledge and skills in addition to their chemical knowledge. Keywords: Environmental Education and Training, Environmental Problems / Issues, Environmental Chemistry Course, "Green Chemistry", Goals and Principles of the Green Chemistry.

Dekonstruksi Pendidikan Seni Dalam Ruang Seni Anak Museum MACAN : Analisis Semiotika Roland Barthes

Art education has an important impact on the mental and physical development of students. Art education that has been available and open to the public is art learning that is obtained in the school environment or informal education related to drawing and sculpting. Museum MACAN (Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara) is present as the first art institution of its kind in Indonesia which constructs the concept of a museum to be more alive and relevant to society. Researchers try to see another side, namely how Museum MACAN interprets art education on its website. This research is a qualitative descriptive study using Roland Barthes' Semiotics method to analyze symbols that represent art education. Researchers also perceive art education deconstructed by Museum MACAN through its website. The results of this study indicate that there are other meanings regarding art education that are known to the public. Art education now has the meaning of free expression, using more sense of taste, and using the power of the mind to imagine

Environmental Education in the Schools of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu

Subsequent to the directives from the Supreme Court of India, Environmental Education (EE) was incorporated in Indian school curricula as an infused subject, for more than a decade now. The EE subject was aimed to produce environmentally informed citizens who are knowledgeable concerning the local environment and its associated problems, aware of how to solve these problems, and motivated to work towards their solutions. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that environmental education in its present form is not meeting the directives of the Indian Supreme Court order because of poor integration. In this context, the study reported in this paper was designed and implemented to investigate the reasons behind the sensed anecdotal failure of environmental education in Indian secondary schools. The focus of the study was on subject-specific impacts from the perspective of secondary schools students in the Coimbatore region (Tamil, Nadu). A set of variables (learning atmosphere, teaching practice, coping with aspirations of the students and bringing in behavioral changes) were taken into consideration to assess the impacts of the subjects in the curricula on the students. A custom-made questionnaire was used for collecting data and responses were obtained from 347 individuals from nine schools. Subject-wise impact study revealed that school has given special focus to Science teaching (frequently handled), because, students’ higher educational plans were highly revolved around this subject learning. The Social studies was most instrumental in instilling students’ learning interests and the mother tongue (Tamil language) was influential in evoking positive behavioral changes among the students. The overall impact of EE was minimal (9%) in the classroom, securing the last position among all subjects. The study, while revealing the status of EE in high school education system as unsatisfactory, highlights the pressing need for standardizing and upgrading the learning environment for it as a separate subject

Por mais experiências estéticas da natureza em escolas públicas de educação básica

ABSTRACT This theoretical essay aims to problematize the (lack of) aesthetic experiences of nature in the school curriculum and practices and to evoke possibilities of coping with that absence. We understand that, in the tangles of life, aesthetic ~ ethical ~ political2 experiences are constituent and not dissociated and that our bodies are in constant correspondence with the more than human world. We start by retrieving the main global documents and national laws that guide environmental education in schools. Based on that, we discuss the neglect of school environmental education by recent public policies. Orientated by the philosophical current of ecophenomenology, we defend a less anthropocentric school environmental education that also advocates for more aesthetic experiences in nature. Thus, we discuss the legislative limitations, school space configurations and the curriculum for this environmental education to be achieved.

Promoting environmental education in students majoring in English language teaching

Environmental education is one of the aspects tackled within the 17 Development and Sustainability Goals (SDG). Environmental education can be related to all levels of teaching and all subject areas. The following research proposes a set of activities to promote Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in sophomore students of the English Language Teaching Major of the University of Cienfuegos “Carlos Rafael Rodriguez”. The proposal of activities can contribute effectively to the students’ assimilation and integration of environmental knowledge in Integrated English Practice Lessons. Moreover, the exercises help the students develop abilities, attitudes and capacities useful to their professional life. Therefore, the proposal intends to guide a correct environmental education in schools. The authors consider that the proposal of activities throughout a multimedia may easier the English teaching learning process, allowing the students to continue learning English language outside the classrooms and develop critical thinking.

Shaping the Environmental Education in School: Basis for Enhancing Extension Services to the Coastal Community

Shaping the Environmental Education in School: Basis for Enhancing Extension Services to the Coastal Community

Environmental Education: A Pivot to Healthy Environment and Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Contemporarily, man has undertaken a lot of activities that have adverse effects on the environment wherein he dwells. The effects of those activities became so intense that the health and hospitality of the environment began to degrade. In Nigeria, environmental health related issues are becoming a major concern of the people and the government with exacerbated environmental challenges such as flooding, air pollution, water pollution, oil spillage, deforestation, desertification, climate change and other environmental issues. Premised on this background, this paper analyses the situation, gives an open view to the matter of health, clearly discusses the subject ‘environment familiarizes you with the practical relationship between health and environment', and the concept of Environmental Education.The paper discusses the conceptual meaning of Education, Environmental Education and Healthy Environment. In addition, it established various ways environmental education will enhance healthy environment in Nigeria. The study seeks to identify and examine the impacts of environmental education on healthy environment in Nigeria; it established the nexus between Environmental Education and Healthy Environment. The data for this study were collected through secondary sources. The secondary data were obtained from textbooks, journals, newspapers, internet materials and literature from academic journals in relation to the subject studied. The paper explored thematic and the descriptive method on approaching the arising issues. The study adopted Community Development Theory as a theoretical framework. The paper concludes that health, they say is wealth; for any nation to experience sustainable development, her environment must be the kind that is friendly with her citizens; it must be free all forms disease or epidemics. To this end, the paper concludes by recommending various steps that could be taken to reposition the environment towards making it healthy and hospitable through the introduction of environmental education in school’s curriculum at all levels in Nigeria. Keywords: Education, Environment, Health, Environmental, Living, Development

QUALITY OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY USING THE SACERS RATING SCALE

The quality of education is the main priority in most states’ policy, and Russia is no exception. Russia pays much attention to the accessibility of quality education for all citizens regardless of their place of residence and social status. The quality of education is considered a complex characteristic of educational activity and students’ training. We will consider it within the framework of this article in the context of the assessment and development of the school educational environment. The quality of the educational environment is provided by the following factors: content components relating to the interaction between participants of an educational relationship; organization of the educational process; conditions for professional staff growth and comfortable environment for exceptional children. The study using the SACERS rating scale revealed that schools in different districts of the metropolitan area differ in terms of providing students with equal conditions in their educational environment. The most significant differences were revealed in the following components of the educational environment: the creation of organizational conditions for extracurricular activities and additional education; interior solutions to ensure privacy, the comfort of communication, and motor activity; conditions for the learning and development of students with special educational needs. The study showed that schools with a higher quality index of the educational environment have quite homogeneous educational conditions. They provide relatively equal access to quality education compared to a group of structural units with a lower quality index. The differences in the compared educational organizations specifying the heterogeneity of educational conditions are related to characteristics such as the variability or uniformity in the use of resources, resource availability or its active use, whether it is a systematic or fragmented working process, and the focus on control norms or development.

CURRENT TRENDS OF CHANGES IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The article is devoted to the problem of creating a modern educational environment in Ukrainian schools, in particular, it is substantiated the need to identify and study the main trends in the school educational environment change in order to familiarize teachers and prepare them to design an effective educational environment. The purpose of the article is to identify and characterize the key trends in the educational environment change of general secondary education institution in the context of educational reform in Ukraine and global transformation processes. Theoretical methods were used in the research, such as: analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature, normative-legal documents and reporting documentation of experimental schools; generalization of the research results of changes in the educational environment of schools in Ukraine and the world; synthesis (definition and characterization of the main trends in the school educational environment change). Empirical research, observation and survey methods, have made it possible to identify problems in the educational environment organization of the experimental schools and develop recommendations for their solution. The survey was conducted among school principals, teachers and students of secondary and high school (a total of 57 participants). As a result of the study external and internal factors were identified which influence the changes in the educational environment of Ukrainian schools; the main trends in the school educational environment change were identified and characterized: 1) technological trends in the educational environment change; 2) socio-cultural trends in the school educational environment change; 3) trends in changing approaches to the development of the educational environment of the school; 4) trends in lifelong learning. We consider the perspectives for further research in studying the trends in education change in Ukraine and educational systems development of different countries to be promising in order to identify problems and prospects for creating an effective educational environment to ensure the quality of Ukrainian education.

The influence of an education program on students’ environmental responsibility in developing countries: evidence from Iran

ABSTRACT The aim of this interventional study was to investigate the effect of an education program on students’ responsibility to the environmental issues in Ilam, Iran. A total of 330 girls’ students (11–15 years old) were selected from 2 secondary schools. The participants were divided into two equal groups of control and intervention. The educational program for the intervention group was held in 5 sessions of 30 minutes during 4 consecutive weeks. Three questionnaires and a checklist were used to monitor the education effectiveness. The results showed that the parent’s education and father’s job were associated with the students’ knowledge. Also, the students’ environmental behavior had a significant inverse relationship with their school level and family income. The findings of the checklist evaluation indicated that the students in the intervention group felt more responsible than the control group for saving water and heating energy and proper waste management (recycling and disposal) of the school’s environment. Given the effect of the program on the knowledge, attitude and behavior, there is an urgent need for environmental education in schools. This goal can be achieved in the form of extracurricular activities, lesson plan, television, Internet and various virtual media. Certainly, by promoting students’ environmental knowledge and beliefs, some of the environmental concerns in developing countries can be reduced.

Value and Path: Inheritance and Development of Chinese Excellent Traditional Sports Culture in School in the New Era

Using literature research methods, analysis and comparison, and using the multidisciplinary theoretical knowledge of culturology and sociology, and guided by the school's inheritance and promotion of China's excellent traditional sports culture, the school makes a theoretical analysis on the value and path of the inheritance of China's excellent traditional sports culture. The results show that Chinese excellent traditional sports culture can cultivate students' cultural self-confidence and realize cultural power, awaken students' collective memory and enhance their patriotic consciousness; it is of great educational value to improve students' physical and mental health and help build a healthy China. Conclusion and suggestion: The inheritance of Chinese excellent traditional sports culture in school should focus on the construction of school education environment, improve the training system of sports talents, strengthen the construction of traditional sports characteristic courses and the development of teaching materials, and enhance the educational and cultural functions of fostering character and civic virtue, so as to provide a solid theoretical basis for the development of Chinese school sports and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era.

Determining the integral coefficient of psychological comfort of rural school education

Significance of the study. The modern global digital world often represents a threat to human security which is directly associated with psychological comfort. In this context, the research aimed at assessing psychological comfort of the educational environment in rural schools seems to be particularly relevant. The objective of the study is to study the state of psychological comfort of education in a rural school. Methods. The methods of theoretical content analysis, comparative analysis, methods of mathematical processing were used (calculations by formulas for the indicator of attitude to the educational environment, the index of satisfaction with the characteristics of the environment, the index of security in accordance with the method of I.A. Baeva), Google-forms. The Google survey involved 3223 respondents from 10 regions of the Russian Federation; meta-analysis of 217366 empirical facts was performed. Research results. The main characteristic was the integral coefficient of the psychological comfort of education in rural school, which, according to the modernized methodology of I.A. Bayeva, is determined on the basis of three indicators. The integral coefficient of the psychological comfort of education in rural school was determined, which consisted of three indicators. The integral indicator of attitude to the educational environment is recorded as a percentage and is characterized by medium and high levels of satisfaction with the environment on the part of teachers, students and their parents (from 61% to 80%). The index of satisfaction with significant characteristics of the educational environment (an ordinal scale from 1 to 5 is used) shows that in 9 out of 10 regions a higher level of satisfaction was recorded for teachers and parents (high integral indicator – 3-3.9) compared with students (average integral indicator – 2-2.9). The index of psychological safety of the educational environment of school shows a higher degree of protection of parents (high integral indicator – 3-3.9) compared with children and teachers (integral indicator is below average – 1-1.9). Research significance. The results obtained can be useful for heads of educational institutions, teachers and parents interested in creating and maintaining a psychologically comfortable environment in rural school.

The environmental friendliness of teachers’ communicative behavior in the context of education digitalization

Introduction. The digitalization of the school educational environment predetermined new factors leading to special requirements for all subjects of the educational space. However, this situation did not create a new problem in the “teacher – students” system; it only strengthened the relevance of studying the interaction between teachers and students, taking into account new forms of interaction. The research purpose is to define the environmental friendliness of teachers’ communicative behavior as a condition determining: the achievement of respect for the student’s personality, the teacher’s self-respect, and the creation of a subject-joint and/or subject-generative types of interaction with students. Materials and methods. The study involved 72 teachers and 402 7th-11th grade students of the Moscow general education school. The teachers were offered three methods aimed at studying the characteristics of self-attitude, communicative qualities and the formation of their subjectivity. Students were offered two methods: “Personal resource for subjectivity formation” and “Laziness or reasons for unwillingness to learn”. Research results. The links between the characteristics of self-attitude and the emotional component of communicative characteristics were revealed through the use of the Spearman coefficient: acceptance of the student’s personality with “self-respect” – 0.399*; “self-belief” – 0.344**; “self-control” – 0.382**. The creation of trust relationships, respectively: 0.364**; 0.473**; 0.292**. All values are at * p <0.05; ** p <0.001. Also, connections with universal educational actions (UEAs) and communicative characteristics were identified: communicative UEAs and “the formation of belief in one’s own capabilities in a student” – -0.328; “the ability to refrain from pressure on the student’s personality” – -0.319. Regulatory UEAs were identified in a similar way – -0.412** and -0.304* at p <0.05. Using Fisher’s angular transformation, the authors revealed the links between self-belief and satisfaction with teachers’ attitude among 8th-9th grade students φ*=3.101; respectively, among 10th-11th grade students φ*=3.132 at p <0.01. Discussion and conclusion. The obtained results on the impact of characteristics of the teacher’s self-attitude on the emotional component of interaction with students prove the need to introduce psychological support for teachers’ activities into practice. The teacher’s professional activity as one of the key subjects in education yet remains without the necessary psychological support.

Analysis of the Principal's Role in Building Institutional Image and Work Professionalism in the Junior High School Education Environment

This study wants to reveal the answer to the problem of the principal in building the image and professionalism of the work in the educational institution he leads. What did the principal do to maintain the school's image and expertise? This is what encourages researchers to analyze the role of school principals in building the image of the institution and work professionalism in the Al-Irsyad Kraksaan Middle School Education environment. This research is a type of qualitative research. Data collection techniques using interviews and questionnaires that researchers can through telephone and documentation. Which researchers use data analysis techniques Triangulation, namely different data collection techniques to obtain data from the same source. Based on the results of the study indicate that the principal in building the image of educational institutions by planning, curriculum development, manpower management, student services, development of learning facilities and resources, innovative learning, teacher motivation, and the presence of internal factors. The impact of this research is expected to be a motivation for the principal for the development of the school he leads.

Educação ambiental escolar a partir da agroecologia e da permacultura: a experiência do projeto Escola Permacultural

Este artigo tem como objetivo trazer reflexões sobre interlocuções existentes entre a agroecologia e a permacultura com a educação ambiental, mais especificamente com a educação ambiental escolar. Temos a intenção de trazer uma apresentação sobre como essas áreas temáticas podem atuar como elementos-chave para facilitar um processo pedagógico comprometido com o desvelamento e a busca de soluções para diferentes dimensões da crise socioambiental contemporânea. Nesse contexto, serão apresentados resultados de uma experiência de educação ambiental escolar que tem como base a agroecologia e a permacultura enquanto disciplinas escolares, oferecidas para o ensino médio de uma escola estadual da periferia da cidade do Rio de Janeiro.

Оцінювання якості шкільного освітнього середовища: моделі та інструменти

The analysis of models and tools used in international and domestic practice to create an educational environment (SACERS (School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale), «CLASS» (Classroom Assessment Scoring System), Quality School Model, «Safe and child-friendly school», etc.) has been conducted. It was revealed the content of the concept of «educational environment» through the educational function and the development of students' skills, universal skills (independence, initiative, responsibility, etc.). It was determined the dynamic factors of influence, separate criteria and indicators that have an influence on the quality of the school educational environment. It was identified areas for improving the quality of the school educational environment, including personalization of the environment, interaction with the elements of the environment, visual content.

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING TEACHER CERTIFICATION WITH SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING METHOD (CASE STUDI : MA AL MUHAJIRIN JANTI JOGOROTO JOMBANG)

Formal educational institutions have an important task to prepare quality Indonesian human resources (HR) in the future. In this school education environment, professional teachers hold the main key for improving the quality of future human resources (HR) and teachers are professionals who carry out the main tasks and functions of improving the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of students as Indonesian human assets for the future. In the process of quality education, it is an obligation and obligation that is required for every school, to have certified teachers so that education can increase and can affect student achievement. Decision-making system as a set of model-based procedures for data processing and assessment. to assist schools in determining teachers who are eligible to receive certification with criteria namely pedagogic, personality, social, professional. The purpose of this research is to help decision makers in the selection process easily and quickly. The simple additive weighing (SAW) method to provide decisions on the selection process for submitting teacher certification. The system developer method uses the waterfall method. An educator certificate is a requirement for proof that teachers meet educational professional standards.

USING THE ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE IN THE TEACHING PROCESS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNOPEDAGOGY AND ETHNOLOGY

Aim. The presented study aims to briefly present the possibilities of using and implementing elements of traditional culture in the teaching processat primary and secondary schools in Slovakia. It points out all the aspects and factors that enter the educational process when using these elements. Concept. Regional education is beingappliedin the educational environment of schools in order to develop the children with the right stimuli. The aim of including knowledge and partial topics of traditional folk culture in teaching is mainly to motivate students and arouse their interest in the cultural heritage of their ancestorsand country. We use comparative methods to clarify the relationships between ethnology, pedagogy, ethnopedagogy, and their interconnection in the pedagogical process. We define the primary goals of regional education, methods, and forms of teaching regional education, focusing on interactive forms of teaching. Results and conclusion. The values and the importance of traditional culture should be assessed in terms of the functions of education and training ina broader societal perspective.Regional education should make a significant contribution to the transmission of culture in education. The research results indicate the need to implement ethnopedagogy into the current educational process at all levels of education and scientifically verify its success. Research restrictions. The main research problems or limitations are related to the factthat this subdiscipline has not yet received attention in Slovakia. Originality. The paper presents an original view of ethnopedagogy and regional education issues through the lens of ethnology and pedagogy and defines key subjects of interest focusing on Slovak/Central European needs and contexts.

Psychophysical training in children and adolescents: analysis of 20 years of experience in pediatrics

This review analyzes the 20-year application of psychophysical training in pediatrics. The mechanisms of its positive influence on the functional state of the body in children and adolescents are revealed. The role of this health-strengthening technology in the process of pre-school training of graduates of kindergarten preparatory groups and in the adaptation of first-graders to school educational environment is highlighted. The effectiveness of psychophysical training in vegetative dystonia syndrome, postural disorders, arterial hypertension, overweight and tobacco smoking in children and adolescents is analyzed.