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The Cooperation of Nursery Schools with Centres for Environmental Education in The South Bohemia Region
ŠTENGLOVÁ, Denisa
In my work I deal with its implementation of environmental education in kindergartens in co ? operation with EETP centres (environmental education training and public awareness) in South Bohemian region. In the area of education is EETP centre one of the cross-section themes entered into the framework of training programmes for all levels of education: pre-school, primary, basic customization of training students with mild mental retardation, for special education elementary school, for high school, for special training. The general objective of environmental education is to awaken in people interest in nature and lead them to the protection of the environment. In the framework curriculum of pre-school education is an environmental education represented by areas called The Child and the world. But it permeates through the other areas because this is a cross-section theme. The realization of the environmental education in the motherly education we can utilize many methods and means. We can also use some of the services of the EETP centres. In the South Bohemia there are 12 EETP centres that offer their services in the context of environmental education to nursery schools. The aim of my work was to find out the offers of the programs and services for nursery schools in the South Bohemia region and determinate whether the nursery schools in the South Bohemia region consider offers of EETP centres within sufficient. Furthermore, I have focused on the implementation of environmental education for integrated children with disabillities in nursery school, as well as to whether the centres are willing and able to adapt their services to these children. To get the result I used the qualitative research, query´s method with technique interview. The results indicate that the centres have a wide range of services involving a range of tutorials for nursery school, a number of projects. They also hosts occasional events, seminars for educators, various lectures, competetions, exhibitions, provide methodological support to nursery school, they lend a variety of materials and equipment and offer advice in the field of environmental education. The most widely used EETP centres in the South Bohemia region are CEGV Cassiopeia and the Protection of Fauna in the Czech Republic. Nursery schools are satisfied with offering services from EETP centre. They would have changed nothing on its content. Most of their training programs and workshop for educators are the most widely used. With regard to the integrated children, EETP centres are trying their services up to adapt to their needs. Nursery schools are satisfied with offer and appreciate the efforts of the EETP centres with a maximum redesign for this target group. And yet, when working with these children, it is necessary to adapt the activities to their facilities. EETP centres mostly missing programs targeted to children with disabilities which I see as a major shortcoming. The first in the South Bohemia region in this project was CEGV Cassiopeia ?I can´t see, I can´t hear, but I know?, that was aimed at EETP for pupils with disabilities from elementary school. I think that this should be changed. An example might be Gartentherapie, Garden ? therapy project implemented by the company Chaloupka which is aimed at the social inclusion and inclusion of disadvantages groups. Environmental education in nursery school has its substantiation as shown not only from theoretical knowledge but also from practise. A child of pre-school age creates its value, we can lead him to love and respect for nature and for its protection.
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