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Promotion of Nursery School Teacher and Junior Grade Teacher Education for Environment and Sustainable Development in the Republic of Croatia According to the Concept of Lifelong Learning

Abstract The empiric data used in this work were gathered within a broader research called Further preschool teacher and junior grade teacher education for environment which was approved by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia in 2001. The investigation was implemented on the sample of 283 preschool teachers and 202 junior grade teachers and was aimed at determination of their education practice and needs for future education for environ- ment and its sustainable development. In addition, the purpose was to test whether there are differences between the mentioned professional profiles of educational employees. The results indicate that there are statistically significant differences concerning evaluation and that past practice of education for environment is, in sev- eral segments, dependent on a professional profile. What was also determined is a single-factor structure of the contents needed for future education and development of skills and abilities within the context of education for sustainable development. Looking at the whole, the research results indicate that, with certain cautiousness, it is possible to determine single approaches in evaluation of practice of nursery school teacher and junior grade teacher education for environment. It is also possi- ble to determine the educational needs which are to a large extent mutually similar concerning the development of skills and abilities but to a lesser extent different concerning the evaluation of content selection in education for sustainable devel- opment. The authors draw attention to the educational employees, the significance of recognising their educational needs, taking the critical view of past practice and creating a new education for sustainable development of the environment for them.

Environment · Sustainable development · Nursery school teachers · Junior grade teachers · Practice of education for environment · Educational needs

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