Webinar (FI): Environmental Education in Finland

Nordic EE and IN

• Suomen ympäristöopisto SYKLI
• Suomen luonto- ja ympäristökoulujen liitto

Aarnio-Linnanvuori Essi

2024

PhD Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori, University Lecturer (environmental education and sustainable development), Tampere University In her presentation PhD Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori represented Finnish school system, Environmental and sustainability education in Finland and opened its current state and future directions. She opened the current challenges in ESE (Environmental and Sustainability Education), presented a Model for holistic climate change education (so called “The Climate Education Bicycle Model”)

She presented that Finnish curriculum documents give a good basis to implement ESE – but implementation has not yet reached desirable level. Therefore ESE should be developed to directions of ascending learning paths, worldview and cultural awareness and focus on strategies and solutions instead of problems. ESE should be connected to learners’ own lives. Nonformal learning environments such as outdoors and nature environments present fresh opportunities to make these issues interesting again.

Ideas for fresh ESE implementation, as follows:

• Learning path from early education to adulthood
• Solution-oriented information & education
• Reaching also those not interested – connecting ESE to young people’s own lives and worldviews
• Including outdoor learning environments
• Cooperation between formal and nonformal learning
• Regular training for in-service teachers

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