| Name of article: | Lesná pedagogika ako súčasť environmentálneho vzdelávania: možnosti a výzvy pre lesnícky sektor na Slovensku |
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| Number: | 1 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Author: | Milan Sarvaš, Dana Chlpošová |
The paper presents forest pedagogy (FP) as a part of environmental training and education in Slovakia. There are mentioned three stages of its development here: start-up, intensive development, and cross-sectoral cooperation. The start-up is characterized by introduction of the FP for forest owners and managers. Intensive development of FP is characterized by the cooperation of forest organizations in this area, development of FP strategy, and intensive foreign cooperation. The FP has been accepted by all relevant forestry entities as a suitable PR communication tool, and as a consequence, 385 forest pedagogues were educated. Within the cross-sectoral cooperation, intensive collaboration with the Ministry of Education has begun, and it is aimed at the education of pedagogical staff in the field of environmental education. The third stage includes also cooperation with the Ministry of Environment in the area of creating a functional system of environmental education in Slovakia. A significant stimulus in cross-sectoral cooperation is the implementation of a research project “Forest pedagogy and education for sustainable development in pre-primary and primary education”, coordinated by the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra. For the further development of FP in Slovakia it is necessary to ensure its permanent and multi-source financing and intensify the cross-sectoral and foreign cooperation.
