School education in the third millennium

School education in the third millennium

Examining and identifying the content of environment-based curricula

Document Type : Original Article

Author
hamze abar
Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Sari, Iran
10.22034/jsetm.2023.176298
Abstract
Among the issues that have attracted the minds of planners for many years in several decades is the phenomenon of the environment. Today, it is necessary to pay attention to the environment more than ever, and it is a social and human necessity to take basic steps in the field of the environment in order to increase social knowledge. One of the basic ways to reach this concept is That is, recognizing the importance of the environment and natural resources, as well as the ways of preserving and revitalizing it, is the reflection of the above issues in the textbooks. In our country, where pastures and natural resources form a very important part of its area, the need for a better reflection of these issues in the textbooks of educational levels is felt more, and in fact, the content of the textbooks is a precursor in Explaining students' attitudes towards the environment.

Considering that many issues related to social etiquette and respect for elders and distinguishing good from bad are easily learned during childhood, including environmental education topics in primary school curricula. It can create appropriate and reasonable reactions

In fact, the curriculum is a means to implement environmental education so that students can develop their environmental concepts and perceptions and through this perception, they can communicate with their daily life and relate to that all environmental aspects are related to each other, to gain an awareness and knowledge.
Keywords
Education
environment
curriculum
curriculum content

Subjects

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