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Short country Report – United Kingdom

Short country Report – United Kingdom
Short country Report – United Kingdom
Education for Environmental Citizenship is a concept not used or discussed within the formal educational system in England, although some of the competencies, including knowledge, skills, values and attitudes associated with pro-environmental action and behaviours within the private and public sphere of young people are addressed through other means such as Science, Citizenship and Geography Education, as well as through informal cross-curricular learning opportunities. This chapter presents a short review of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of Education for Environmental Citizenship within the UK context, based on the views of five UK experts. Key findings include
the recognition of Education for Environmental Citizenship as a concept that has the potential to promote young people’s active participation and engagement in decision-making processes about the environment and sustainable development, and to allow them to take action on issues within their communities and social contexts. At the same time, our experts point out the need to clarify and exemplify the uniqueness of Education for Environmental Citizenship compared to other
similar approaches, whilst taking advantage of the existing research and good practices that have been developed for such approaches such as science education, citizenship education and education for sustainable development.
environmental citizenship, science education, citizenship education, education for sustainable development
309-321
Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa
Christodoulou, Andri
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Levinson, Ralph
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Hadjichambis, Andreas
Reis, Pedro
Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Demetra
Christodoulou, Andri
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Levinson, Ralph
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Hadjichambis, Andreas
Reis, Pedro
Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Demetra

Christodoulou, Andri and Levinson, Ralph (2019) Short country Report – United Kingdom. In, Hadjichambis, Andreas, Reis, Pedro and Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Demetra (eds.) European SWOT Analysis on Education for Environmental Citizenship. Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa, pp. 309-321.

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Education for Environmental Citizenship is a concept not used or discussed within the formal educational system in England, although some of the competencies, including knowledge, skills, values and attitudes associated with pro-environmental action and behaviours within the private and public sphere of young people are addressed through other means such as Science, Citizenship and Geography Education, as well as through informal cross-curricular learning opportunities. This chapter presents a short review of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of Education for Environmental Citizenship within the UK context, based on the views of five UK experts. Key findings include
the recognition of Education for Environmental Citizenship as a concept that has the potential to promote young people’s active participation and engagement in decision-making processes about the environment and sustainable development, and to allow them to take action on issues within their communities and social contexts. At the same time, our experts point out the need to clarify and exemplify the uniqueness of Education for Environmental Citizenship compared to other
similar approaches, whilst taking advantage of the existing research and good practices that have been developed for such approaches such as science education, citizenship education and education for sustainable development.

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Published date: September 2019
Keywords: environmental citizenship, science education, citizenship education, education for sustainable development

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Local EPrints ID: 447974
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/447974
PURE UUID: d463ec01-dc1e-4a9a-824e-12e808de57b5
ORCID for Andri Christodoulou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7021-4210

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Date deposited: 29 Mar 2021 16:36
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:26

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Author: Ralph Levinson
Editor: Andreas Hadjichambis
Editor: Pedro Reis
Editor: Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi

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