ACTIVE METHODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SYSTEM OF INFORMAL EDUCATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32405/2617-3107-2019-1-5

Keywords:

environmental education; non-formal education; pupils of secondary level of education; the Kingdom of Sweden; Swedish ecological organizations

Abstract

In the article it was investigated methods of environmental education of pupils of secondary level of education in the non-formal education of the Kingdom of Sweden. The actuality of the article is stipulated by using the experience of environmental education of the pupils of secondary level of education in the non-formal education of the Kingdom of Sweden in the out-of-school education of Ukraine.

Swedish ecological organizations play an important role in the ecological education of pupils of secondary level of education. The organizations aim to teach pupils to take care of nature, to save Swedish flora and fauna. Although, Sweden plays the leading role in recycling in the world, a lot of non-formal organizations try to pupils to sort and recycle the waste not to pollute the nature.

The non-formal education of the Kingdom of Sweden has unique opportunities for the formation of a system of environmental values and readiness for environmental activities. The experience of the Kingdom of Sweden in environmental education can be borrowed and implemented in out-of-school education in Ukraine.

Author Biography

Inna Kolodko, The Institute of Problems of Education, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine

Postgraduate Student
The Institute of Problems of Education,
National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine

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2019-10-17

How to Cite

Kolodko, I. (2019). ACTIVE METHODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SYSTEM OF INFORMAL EDUCATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN. Education: Modern Discourses, (2), 38–43. https://doi.org/10.32405/2617-3107-2019-1-5

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COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION