Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis and Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi Abstract: Contemporary and urgent environmental problems need to be addressed through Education for Environmental Citizenship. This chapter proposes a specific model of Education for Environmental Citizenship which includes the outputs, dimensions, scales and spheres of Environmental Citizenship. A specific pedagogical approach is elaborated which ...
Read More »Publication: Educating for Environmental Citizenship in Non-formal Frameworks for Secondary Level Youth
Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Daphne Goldman, Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Gema Parra, Katharina Lapin, Marie-Christine Knippels, and Frans Van Dam Abstract: Non-formal education is an integral component to lifelong learning and its aim is for young people and adults to acquire and maintain the skills and competencies necessary to adapt to a continuously ...
Read More »Publication: 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 Abstract: In order to achieve a sustainable society, a citizen must be supported in overcoming any important gaps or challenges. Preparing people for Environmental Citizenship and Education for Sustainability shows ...
Read More »Publication: Political Dimensions of Environmental Citizenship
Ralph Levinson, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Bjorn Bedsted, Boris Manov, and Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis Abstract: Conceptions of Environmental Citizenship are core to models of sustainability. Such contested conceptions raise historically significant questions associated with the rights of the individual and the responsibility of the community to the environment. Attitudes towards sustainability beg ...
Read More »Publication: Introduction to the Conceptualisation of Environmental Citizenship for Twenty-First-Century Education
Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis and Pedro Reis Abstract: Environmental Citizenship has been an influential concept in many different arenas. Education and especially environmental discourses in science education have a lot to contribute in adopting and promoting Environmental Citizenship. Τhe roots of Environmental Citizenship derived from the political science arena are examined ...
Read More »Publication: Environmental Citizenship Questionnaire (ECQ): The Development and Validation of an Evaluation Instrument for Secondary School Students
Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis and Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi Abstract: Environmental citizenship is very important in sustainability research. The criticality of the observed environmental crisis requires capable and competent environmental citizens who can act as agents of change to achieve sustainability. This research presents the validation of the Environmental Citizenship Questionnaire (ECQ) for ...
Read More »Publication: European SWOT Analysis on Education for Environmental Citizenship
Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Pedro Reis, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi Abstract: The European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) funded as a COST Action (CA16229 – Horizon 2020) brings together more than 120 experts from 37 countries with the objective to improve the understanding, the practice and the assessment of Environmental Citizenship in Europe ...
Read More »Publication: Antibiotics in livestock: introducing in-service teachers to the nature of contemporary socio-scientific controversies
Eleni A. Kyza, Yiannis Georgiou, Andreas Hadjichambis and Andria Agesilaou Abstract: This article presents an experiential activity organised around a contemporary socio-scientific controversy about the use of antibiotics in livestock. Such controversies can help students develop skills to engage in evidence-based discussions about modern societal challenges. Even though the activity ...
Read More »Publication: New thinking in environmental citizenship
Dr Andreas Hadjichambis and Professor Pedro Reis The European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) is changing the way we think about how citizens behave in respect to the environment. The Network’s efforts is helping to forge a more sustainable future based on environmental citizenship. Dr Andreas Hadjichambis and Professor Pedro ...
Read More »Publication: Investigating the Effectiveness of an Inquiry-Based Intervention on Human Reproduction in Relation to Students’ Gender, Prior Knowledge and Motivation for Learning in Biology
Andreas Ch. Hadjichambisa, Yiannis Georgioub, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambia, Eleni A. Kyzab & Demetrios Mappourasa Abstract Despite the importance of understanding how the human reproductive system works, adolescents worldwide exhibit weak conceptual understanding, which leads to serious risks, such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Studies focusing on the development and ...
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