This master thesis determines the presence, effectiveness and share of nature conservation studies within grammar school educational programs. Within the research, the methods of surveying, secondary sources, interviews and an overview of the expert literature were utilized. The research uncovers and illuminates the connection between nature conservation and environmental protection goals in study plans, in addition to their educational effects. It finds that nature conservation studies are almost non-existent within the second three year period in grammar school educational programs. It also finds that it is difficult to separate nature conservation from environmental protection education. The nature conservation goals are either not clearly defined as separate from environmental protection, or they are not found amongst the operational goals, while the environmental protection goals are few. Even the teachers asked do not differentiate between nature conservation and environmental protection. The comparison of nature conservation goals of the Centre for school and extracurricular activities (CŠOD) and comparison with school lesson plans, indicates a similarity in the occurrence of general and operative goals and the fact, that with its programs the CŠOD adapts to the demands of schools that generally favour sports programs over natural sciences. The available protected areas are not optimally utilized by the schools. The educational effects are thus commensurate with this, with teachers evaluating them higher, than the answers of the students indicate. For effective introduction of nature conservation education amongst the operative goals, which are tied to certain clauses of the Nature Conservation Act (ZON) and Environmental Protection Act (ZVO), it is necessary to build in and tie to them specific environmental protection goals and suggest content and activities, with which the goals mentioned could be realized in such a way, that we could get students to comprehend and differentiate between the concepts of nature and the environment. Similarly, they should get to know andunderstand the following concepts and associations: value of nature, natural heritage, biological diversity, nature conservation, protected areas, environmental intervention and environmental protection.
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