Možnosti environmentálnej výchovy a ekopedagogík pre demokratizáciu školského života a občiansku aktivizáciu žiakov.
Benefits of Environmental Education and Ecopedagogies to Enhancement of Democracy in Schools and Civic Engagement of Pupils.

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with environmental education in the context of efforts to enhance democracy in schools. It presents main characteristics of environmental education which include in particular holistic view of the human as a member of broader community, concept of education as a socially critical learning and use of activating and participatory pedagogical methods. Environmental education thus promotes learning environments and situations in which pupil participation can materialize in a tangible and meaningful way. This argument is supported and illustrated by an example of one environmental education project - the Eco- Schools programme. Drawing on data from empirical research comparing selected primary schools the author asserts that the project contributes to participatory culture in schools and gives scope for activities that enable the involvement in school life of those pupils who are otherwise uninterested in participation in formal school self-government bodies and decision making.

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