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Etyczny wymiar myślenia i działania ekologicznego w edukacji wczesnoszkolnej
The ethical dimension of ecological thinking and action in early childhood education

Author(s): Ilona Żeber-Dzikowska, Elżbieta Buchcic
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: environmental ethics; environmental education; environmental awareness; aims of environmental education

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides an analysis of selected topics in the field of eco-ethics. The school should be more involved in the protection of the natural environment, mainly by shaping truly responsible attitudes. Ecological education must become an integral part of a person’s upbringing. The aim of education should be to create and develop correct pro-ecological attitudes, which are opposed to the uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources. Environmental sustainability is only possible if people are persuaded to give up the consumer lifestyle (the so-called ecological asceticism).

  • Issue Year: 11/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 71-84
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish