The methodology for evaluation of environmental education programmes for K-9 and secondary school pupils
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The methodology provides a comprehensive overview of instruments aimed for evaluation of environmental education programmes for older elementary school and secondary school school pupils. It discusses a concept of environmental literacy and it defines relevant variables for environmental education. It compares and discusses strategies for their quantitative and qualitative evaluation. Examples of evaluation research from Czech and abroad are provided.
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