International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Editors: A/Prof John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Joseph P. Stoltman, Western Michigan University
Book Review Editor: Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A & M University
Editorial Assistant: Donna Bennett, Australia
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Volume: 13 Number: 3 Page: 284–290
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Environmental Teaching in Higher Education
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Marta Tarabu a-Fiertak1, Ewa Gaju-Lankamer2 and Maria Anna Wójcik2
1Environmental Education Team, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30–387 Kraków, Poland and 2Department of Biology Education, Maria Curie-Skodowska University, 19 Akademicka St. 20–033 Lublin, Poland
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The scope, form and task of environmental education in Polish universities varies depending on the course of studies and the specialisation. In this paper, models of environmental education in different types of universities as well as their effect on undergraduates’ attitudes and knowledge are presented. The most comprehensive environmental programmes are offered by professional courses in environmental conservation, environmental engineering or sanitary engineering conducted at academic, technical and agricultural universities. Of the remaining university courses, life sciences have the richest environmental content; in other courses, environmental protection issues appear in the curriculum sporadically. It is necessary to enrich and modernise the environmental conservation curricula and, in particular, to include environmental education in the syllabuses of all university courses as a compulsory subject.
Keywords: environmental education, universities, environmental awareness
© 2004 M. Tarabua-Fiertak et al.
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