Environmental Citizenship in Secondary Formal Education: The Importance of Curriculum and Subject Teachers (original) (raw)

Van Dam, and Slaven Gasparovic 13.1 Curriculum Principles and Environmental Citizenship Teachers in formal secondary schools always teach based on the curricula of a school subject. In some countries they teach only one subject, in other countries perhaps two, three or even four. For instance, English science teachers are required to be able to teach biology, chemistry and physics to students aged 11-16. Overall, secondary schoolteachers are considered to be subject specialists, and their teaching is steered by what the formal curricula prescribes. The curricula of secondary school often consist of a general section that all teachers are obliged to follow and the