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Chapter 10
Education for Environmental Citizenship
and Education for Sustainability
Gema Parra, Ralph Hansmann, Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis,
Daphne Goldman, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Per Sund,
Louise Sund, Niklas Gericke, and Daniela Conti
10.1 Similarities and Differences Between Education
for Environmental Citizenship and Education
for Sustainability
In view of the required development towards more sustainable societies, citizens
need to be supported and taught to overcome any important gaps or challenges in
being part of a sustainable society. Environmental education focuses on promoting
environmental knowledge and enhancing environmentally friendly attitudes and
values, as well as achieving both the citizenship and higher-order cognitive skills
necessary to promote an ecologically sound lifestyle. The teaching/learning objectives in formal settings are building scientific knowledge and developing the students’ relation with nature through active learning pedagogies such as fieldwork and
outdoor experiences. It is usually considered a school subject or a topic within
G. Parra (*)
Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, University of Jaén,
Jaén, Spain
e-mail: gparra@ujaen.es
R. Hansmann
Transdisciplinarity Lab (TdLab), Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS),
ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
e-mail: ralph.hansmann@env.ethz.ch
A. Ch. Hadjichambis · D. Paraskeva-Hadjichambi
Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education, CYCERE, Lemesos, Cyprus
e-mail: a.chadjihambi@cytanet.com.cy; demhad@ucy.ac.cy
D. Goldman
Department of Environmental Science and Agriculture, Faculty of Education,
Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba, Israel
e-mail: dafnag@netvision.net.il
© The Author(s) 2020
A. Ch. Hadjichambis et al. (eds.), Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship
for 21st Century Education, Environmental Discourses in Science Education 4,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_10
Chapter 10
Education for Environmental Citizenship
and Education for Sustainability
Gema Parra, Ralph Hansmann, Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis,
Daphne Goldman, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Per Sund,
Louise Sund, Niklas Gericke, and Daniela Conti
10.1 Similarities and Differences Between Education
for Environmental Citizenship and Education
for Sustainability
In view of the required development towards more sustainable societies, citizens
need to be supported and taught to overcome any important gaps or challenges in
being part of a sustainable society. Environmental education focuses on promoting
environmental knowledge and enhancing environmentally friendly attitudes and
values, as well as achieving both the citizenship and higher-order cognitive skills
necessary to promote an ecologically sound lifestyle. The teaching/learning objectives in formal settings are building scientific knowledge and developing the students’ relation with nature through active learning pedagogies such as fieldwork and
outdoor experiences. It is usually considered a school subject or a topic within
G. Parra (*)
Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, University of Jaén,
Jaén, Spain
e-mail: gparra@ujaen.es
R. Hansmann
Transdisciplinarity Lab (TdLab), Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS),
ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
e-mail: ralph.hansmann@env.ethz.ch
A. Ch. Hadjichambis · D. Paraskeva-Hadjichambi
Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education, CYCERE, Lemesos, Cyprus
e-mail: a.chadjihambi@cytanet.com.cy; demhad@ucy.ac.cy
D. Goldman
Department of Environmental Science and Agriculture, Faculty of Education,
Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba, Israel
e-mail: dafnag@netvision.net.il
© The Author(s) 2020
A. Ch. Hadjichambis et al. (eds.), Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship
for 21st Century Education, Environmental Discourses in Science Education 4,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_10