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Chapter 11
Environmental Citizenship in Primary
Formal Education
Jan Činčera, Marta Romero-Ariza, Mirjana Zabic, Marianna Kalaitzidaki,
and María del Consuelo Díez Bedmar
11.1 Characteristics of Primary Formal Education
The concept of ‘primary formal education’ reflects both the schooling period and
the type of educational settings. Primary education, as an introductory schooling
period, represents an important stage in children’s development. According to
UNESCO (2007), this is from the age 5 to 11. From the perspective of Education for
Environmental Citizenship, primary education is the appropriate period for laying
the foundation of children’s future willingness to actively participate in responsible
behaviour at both individual and collective levels. Some studies show that students
at earlier ages of primary school are more willing to participate and show better
outcomes after educational interventions aimed at developing key values and skills
for Environmental Citizenship (Ampuero et al. 2015).
J. Činčera (*)
Faculty of Social Studies, Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University,
Brno, Czech Republic
e-mail: cincera@mail.muni.cz
M. Romero-Ariza
Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
e-mail: mromero@ujaen.es
M. Zabic
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
e-mail: mirjana.zabic@agro.unibl.org
M. Kalaitzidaki
Department of Primary Education, University of Creta, Rethymno, Greece
e-mail: mkalaitz@edc.uoc.gr
M. del Consuelo Díez Bedmar
Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
e-mail: mcdiez@ujaen.es
© 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_11
Chapter 11
Environmental Citizenship in Primary
Formal Education
Jan Činčera, Marta Romero-Ariza, Mirjana Zabic, Marianna Kalaitzidaki,
and María del Consuelo Díez Bedmar
11.1 Characteristics of Primary Formal Education
The concept of ‘primary formal education’ reflects both the schooling period and
the type of educational settings. Primary education, as an introductory schooling
period, represents an important stage in children’s development. According to
UNESCO (2007), this is from the age 5 to 11. From the perspective of Education for
Environmental Citizenship, primary education is the appropriate period for laying
the foundation of children’s future willingness to actively participate in responsible
behaviour at both individual and collective levels. Some studies show that students
at earlier ages of primary school are more willing to participate and show better
outcomes after educational interventions aimed at developing key values and skills
for Environmental Citizenship (Ampuero et al. 2015).
J. Činčera (*)
Faculty of Social Studies, Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University,
Brno, Czech Republic
e-mail: cincera@mail.muni.cz
M. Romero-Ariza
Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
e-mail: mromero@ujaen.es
M. Zabic
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
e-mail: mirjana.zabic@agro.unibl.org
M. Kalaitzidaki
Department of Primary Education, University of Creta, Rethymno, Greece
e-mail: mkalaitz@edc.uoc.gr
M. del Consuelo Díez Bedmar
Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
e-mail: mcdiez@ujaen.es
© 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_11