Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development

This article attempts a broad characterization of environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD), and includes a short overview of the history of the field, key debates, the main approaches to ESD and EE, and a look toward the future. However, such a brief account should not be considered to be fully comprehensive, and can only be considered to provide a broad overview of the field from the authors’ perspectives

Experiència de relació entre directors de diversos CEIP de Santa Coloma de Gramanet i administracions públiques. 'Experiencia de relación entre directores de diversos CEIP de Santa Coloma de Gramanet y administraciones públicas'.

Resumen del autor en catalán

Estudi de les necessitats i alternatives en materia d'Educació Especial a Santa Coloma de Gramanet. 'Estudio de las necesidades y alternativas en materia de Educación Especial en Santa Coloma de Gramanet'.

Establecer un marco mínimo de referencia que presente en forma global un cuadro aproximado de la situación general de Santa Coloma en materia de Educación Especial. Manifestar la realidad y las necesidades de la Educación Especial. La muestra está compuesta por 21 sujetos de Aspanide y 14 de las aulas de Educación Especial. Determinación de las variables (aspectos individuales, situación socioeconómica, datos clínicos, datos escolares). Aplicación de las pruebas. Análisis de los resultados. Archivo de Aspanide. Censo de las aulas de Educación Especial. Pruebas realizadas: Terman-Merrill, batería de Picq-Vayer, Tale de J. Toro, cuestionario de EPQJ, COU, examen neuropsicológico de Luria, historia clínica y socioescolar ad hoc. Porcentajes para enmarcar las bases de la problemática. Hace falta estudiar la posibilidad de repetir cursos-clave, el proceso de escolarización no ha de ser en detrimento de la calidad de Enseñanza. Hace falta trabajar la metodología y la programación. La problemática exige el soporte de equipamientos extraescolares. Se ofrece todo un capítulo de alternativas (delimitación del colectivo de necesidades, cálculo de la población escolar, demanda de infraestructura, diferente tipo de servicios, planificación del Centro de Recursos y Educación Especial.

El paso por el Hospital de D??a de Adolescentes de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, una experiencia resiliente

Resumen en catal??n e ingl??s. Monogr??fico con el t??tulo: Espiritualidad y acci??n social

El pas per l'Hospital de Dia d'Adolescents de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, una experi??ncia resilient

Se reflexiona sobre los aspectos y factores en que se sustenta el proceso de resiliencia. Desde el punto de vista educativo y terap??utico, se ve la resiliencia como una herramienta de gran importancia para trabajar el ??mbito de la salud mental. A trav??s del apoyo de profesionales y acompa??ando procesos de resiliencia, los alumnos y las alumnas pueden aprender a superar y afrontar traumas, dificultades y desaf??os que van a configurar sus vidas. Se aborda el concepto de amor como v??nculo afectivo y el de la tolerancia a la frustraci??n como herramientas esenciales del proceso.

Environmental education and the health risk question: how do we educate the educators working with this theme?

Our society is presently seeing a trend of continuous increase of risk with severe consequences, especially those linked to environmental aspects. It has obligated us to reflect on this production and its effects, either positive or negative, and, after a long reflection, to think about the adopted model of civilization and the possibilities of changing such a model. The educational institution is among the social departments responsible for this revision process, since it represents one possibility to promote a more critical vision from society, providing it with tools needed for a more responsible action. However, schools are dominated by a traditional work, which does not allow for enough and proper attention to these relevant and current questions, and which involve a critical analysis of the conceptions and values established by our civilization, resulting in the present patterns of science-technology-society relations and their influence on the environment and health. Several research works have indicated a diversity of barriers that obstruct this necessary change. Since formal education plays an important role in the education of society for this theme, in this paper the possibilities and difficulty dealing with this problem are discussed, focusing on the question of teacher education, based on investigations related to teacher education programs for environmental education. The data collected show the urgency for introducing this theme in teacher training programs, taking into account the fact that educators have their own conceptions, values and attitudes that should be considered in these programs.

Perspectivas de la educación ambiental en la región del Gran Caribe = Perspective on environmental education in the Wider Caribbean area

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Volunteer-based coral reef monitoring: reliability of data, environmental education and implications for conservation

Coral reefs are the most biodiverse ecosystems of the ocean and they provide notable ecosystem services. Nowadays, they are facing a number of local anthropogenic threats and environmental change is threatening their survivorship on a global scale. Large-scale monitoring is necessary to understand environmental changes and to perform useful conservation measurements. Governmental agencies are often underfunded and are not able of sustain the necessary spatial and temporal large-scale monitoring. To overcome the economic constrains, in some cases scientists can engage volunteers in environmental monitoring. Citizen Science enables the collection and analysis of scientific data at larger spatial and temporal scales than otherwise possible, addressing issues that are otherwise logistically or financially unfeasible. “STE: Scuba Tourism for the Environment” was a volunteer-based Red Sea coral reef biodiversity monitoring program. SCUBA divers and snorkelers were involved in the collection of data for 72 taxa, by completing survey questionnaires after their dives. In my thesis, I evaluated the reliability of the data collected by volunteers, comparing their questionnaires with those completed by professional scientists. Validation trials showed a sufficient level of reliability, indicating that non-specialists performed similarly to conservation volunteer divers on accurate transects. Using the data collected by volunteers, I developed a biodiversity index that revealed spatial trends across surveyed areas. The project results provided important feedbacks to the local authorities on the current health status of Red Sea coral reefs and on the effectiveness of the environmental management. I also analysed the spatial and temporal distribution of each surveyed taxa, identifying abundance trends related with anthropogenic impacts. Finally, I evaluated the effectiveness of the project to increase the environmental education of volunteers and showed that the participation in STEproject significantly increased both the knowledge on coral reef biology and ecology and the awareness of human behavioural impacts on the environment.

Considering Efficacy of an Outdoor Environmental Education Program: Facilitating Elementary Students’ Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours

Various sources have sought to consider the educational interventions that foster changes in perception of and attitudes toward nature, with the ultimate intent of understanding how education can be used to encourage environmentally responsible behaviours. With these in mind, the current study identified an outdoor environmental education program incorporating these empirically supported interventions, and assessed its ability to influence environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. Specifically, this study considered the following research questions: 1) To what degree can participation in this outdoor education program foster environmental knowledge and encourage pro-environmental attitudes and self-reported pro-environmental behaviours? 2) How is this effect different among students of different genders, and those who have different prior experiences in nature? Two motivational frameworks guided inquiry in the current study: the Value-Belief-Norm Model of Environmentalism (VBN) and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). The study employed a quantitative survey methodology, combining contemporary data measuring knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours with archived data collected by program staff, reflecting frequency of environmentally responsible behaviour. Further, a single qualitative item was included for which students provided “the first three words that [came] to mind when [they] think of the word nature.” Terms provided before and after the program were compared for differences in theme to detect subtle or underlying changes. Quantitative results indicated no significant change in student knowledge or attitudes through the outdoor environmental education program. However, a significant change in self-reported behaviour was identified from both the contemporary and archived data. This agreement in positive findings across the two data sets, collected using different measures and different participants, lends evidence of the program’s ability to encourage self-reported pro-environmental behaviour. Further, qualitative results showed some change in students’ perceptions of nature through the program, providing direction for future research. These findings suggest that this particular outdoor education program was successful in encouraging students’ self-reported environmentally responsible behaviour. This change was achieved without significant change in knowledge or environmental attitudes, suggesting that external factors not measured in this study might have played a role in affecting behaviour.

Border environmental education resource guide = Guía de recursos de educación ambiental en la frontera : Southern New Mexico, South Texas, Northern Chihuahua, Northern Coahuila, Northern Nuevo Leon, Northern Tamaulipas.

English and Spanish text inverted, bound together back to back.

Great minds? Great Lakes! : don't miss the boat with environmental education.

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report - The Wisconsin Environmental Education Council.

WI docs no.: ENV 2.1:1971-