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Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Pedro Reis, Demetra Hadjichambi Abstract By way of an introduction to environmental citizenship, it is a very important concept for the protection of the environment and the success of any environmental policies being pursued. This relatively new term comes mainly from the political science arena but has ...

Petra Simonova 1, Jan Cincera 1,* , Roman Kroufek 2 , Sarka Krepelkova 1 and Andreas Hadjichambis 3 Abstract This study analyses the Active Citizens program conducted in seven Czech elementary schools in 2017/2018. The data were obtained in a mixed-design research study containing pre/post experimental/control groups (N = 114), ...

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Yiannis Georgiou, Demetra Paraskeva Hadjichambi, Eleni A. Kyza, Andria Agesilaou & Demetrios Mappouras Abstract Science education is an important dimension of the European Commission’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) objectives; however, RRI is not an explicit focus of biology teaching and few biology teachers have experience in ...

      European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) aims to improve understanding and assessment of environmental citizenship in European societies and participating countries. Environmental Citizenship is a key factor in EU’s growth strategy (Europe 2020) and its vision for Sustainable Development, Green and Cycle economy and Low-carbon society (EU-roadmap ...

Did u know? 3000 science teachers use Scientix to enhance their lessons STEM. http://bit.ly/194swod  [Demetra Hadjichambi, Scientix Deputy Ambassador, Cyprus-10/3/2014, 19:00] Did u know? The sun has freckles. 1 +100 astronomy resources on Scientix. http://bit.ly/1uTiZu3 [Demetra Hadjichambi, Scientix Deputy Ambassador, Cyprus-10/3/2014, 19:00]  Good science teaching is as much about passion ...

The e-Bug project is led by Public Health England’s (PHE) Primary Care Unit in England and involves a consortium of 28 international partner countries. The main aim of the project is to educate children and young people across the globe, at junior and senior school level, about microbiology, hygiene and ...

Participation of CY.C.E.R.E. in Fibonacci The Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education participated in the European project “Fibonacci”. The program, which began in January 2010, has duration of three years. The aim of the Fibonacci project is to promote methods for the dissemination of appropriate educational approaches and creative ...

A significant body of research reveals that students have difficulties in understanding basic concepts and phenomena related to the functions of plants as well as their role in the natural ecosystems, and thus fail to appreciate the need to protect the flora of their country. Furthermore, although the modules dedicated ...

The study of the ecology and the population dynamics of endangered endemic plants is a powerful tool that can contribute to their conservation. In Cyprus 17 plant species are protected by the harmonizing legislation [153 (I) / 2003] about Nature Conservation. About these species significant gaps have been recorded in ...

A key aim of the project is to study in depth a population of lizard of the species Acanthodactylus schreiberi in a sand dune ecosystem in Cyprus. More specifically,  this study aims to detect the following information concerning the ecology and the behaviour of the studied population: Size and density ...