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Kindergarten Teachers’ Conceptions of Environmental Education

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A written questionnaire was used to obtain information regarding Greek kindergarten teachers’ personal views on the concept of Environmental Education (EE). The questionnaire was also designed to obtain the teachers’ views relative to a series of theoretical and methodological issues concerning the application of EE. It was ascertained that the prevalent conception of the kindergarten teachers includes the following: (a) it is directed towards a knowledge-centered type of EE, (b) it is primarily centered on nature and its protection in terms of EE content, (c) it aims not only to shape citizens willing to adopt environmental measures recommended by the experts, but who will also actively participate in social actions for the protection of the environment, (d) it favors learning procedures in the environment with field study activities, (e) it must be compulsory in the kindergarten level.

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  1. Department of Environmental Education, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Evgenia Flogaitis, Maria Daskolia & Evagelia Agelidou

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    Evgenia Flogaitis

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    Evgenia Flogaitis

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Flogaitis, E., Daskolia, M. & Agelidou, E. Kindergarten Teachers’ Conceptions of Environmental Education. Early Childhood Educ J 33, 125–136 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-005-0039-x

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