Environmental Issues in the Didactic Materials in Schools in Republic of Serbia

Abstract

The main task of the examination is to establish environmental issues in the didactic materials for primary and secondary school in Republic of Serbia. Environmental issues in the secondary school curriculum in Serbia, according to the current educational curricula and educational programs, is limited to general subjects (chemistry and biology above all), and to the subject of Ecology in some profiles of secondary vocational education. There is no equal distribution of the environmental issues in curriculum by subjects, classes and educational levels. In general, in the didactic materials there are about 5,4% environmental issues. Because of the lack of national guidelines and institutional coordination we are not able to make a qualitative leap, and we also need to seek a holistic approach to contribute to education about, in and for the environment.

Keywords

• Environmental education, environmental issues, didactic materials, secondary professional education.

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