Open AccessENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AS A BASIC COMPONENT IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Karine Danielyan,
Sirine Kosyan,
Liaersisyan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
main issues of pedagogy and psychology/mankavarzhut'yan ev hogebanut'yan himnakhndirner
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2953-7878
pISSN - 1829-1295
DOI - 10.24234/miopap.v16i1.325
Subject(s) - mainstream , sustainable development , sustainability , environmental education , natural (archaeology) , component (thermodynamics) , process (computing) , education for sustainable development , frame (networking) , population , environmental ethics , the republic , political science , environmental resource management , environmental planning , engineering ethics , economic growth , sociology , geography , ecology , engineering , pedagogy , environmental science , economics , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , law , archaeology , biology , operating system , telecommunications , thermodynamics , physics , demography
The article presents an analysis of the general ecological situation in our planet as a result of anthropogenic activity and the response of the ecosphere in the form of natural disasters and catastrophies. The article also justifies the imperative necessity for radical changes in the Earth`s population mentality. Which will contribute to the development in the mainstream of sustainability at is aimed education for sustainable development. The article also presents the results of positive experience, problems and perspectives of environmental education in the frame of educational system of the Republic of Armenia as well as the appropriate recommendations for improving the institutions of formal and non-formal education in this aspect.