EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN PRESCHOOLS WITH ECO-PROGRAMS: IMPLEMENTATION AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Lepičnik Vodopivec, J.; Aleksandra Šindić

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN PRESCHOOLS WITH ECO-PROGRAMS: IMPLEMENTATION AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Title	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN PRESCHOOLS WITH ECO-PROGRAMS: IMPLEMENTATION AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2025
Authors	Lepičnik Vodopivec, J., Šindić, A
Journal	Journal of Baltic Science Education
Volume	24
Issue	1
Start Page	133-148
Pagination	Continuous
Date Published	February/2025
Type of Article	Original article
ISSN	1648-3898
Other Numbers	E-2538-7138
Keywords	early childhood education for sustainability, early childhood environmental education, ECEfS outcomes, eco-school/eco-kindergarten program
Abstract	Early Childhood Environmental Education (EECE) and Early Childhood Education for Sustainability (ECEfS) are becoming increasingly integrated into preschool curricula, highlighting their key role in shaping environmentally conscious and sustainably oriented generations from an early age. The mentioned concepts represent the theoretical starting points of this empirical quantitative study, the aim of which is to examine the differences in the implementation of ESD, as well as the differences in the achieved outcomes of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in kindergartens with and without eco-programs, based on the preschool teacher's assessment, and to identify the specifics of the implementation of ESD in kindergartens with an eco-program in Slovenia. The research was conducted in 2024, on a sample of 114 preschool teachers employed in Slovenian kindergartens. The results confirm that in kindergartens with an eco-program, ESD's ecological, social and economic dimensions are successfully connected, and an integrated approach is applied. In kindergartens with an eco-program, ECEfS is implemented more prominently in the regular curriculum, and the outcomes of ECEfS are achieved to a higher degree than in kindergartens without an eco-program, which indicates the success of the program from the point of view of sustainability.
URL	https://oaji.net/articles/2023/987-1740921560.pdf
DOI	10.33225/jbse/25.24.133
Refereed Designation	Refereed
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