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Environmental education in early and pre-school education – terminology
Environmental education in early and pre-school education – terminology

Author(s): Katarzyna Miłek, Türkan Ercan Özaydin
Subject(s): School education, Human Ecology, Pedagogy
Published by: Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi
Keywords: education; natural education; environmental education; goals of environmental education; impact of environmental education on child development;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses environmental education and terminology in pre-schooland early school education, based on a short historical outline of environmental educa-tion for this age group of children in Poland. It refers to the signing of the Biological Ed-ucation Convention at the Earth Summit, which determined the stimulation of ecologicalawareness, protection of natural resources, and natural space around man. The article isan analysis of the goals of environmental education. Natural and ecological education hasa biological, emotional, motoric, creative, and spiritual aspect. It has a significant mean-ing in the development of a small child in preschool and early school age in cognitive,physical, health, social and emotional development.

  • Issue Year: 2/2023
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 55-67
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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