Место издания:European Scientific Society Hannover, Germany
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Аннотация:An International implementation scheme for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014) proposed the fostering of environmental education as an important tool in the integrating people knowledge and learning strategies, strengthening links between learning and research of environment.
The different types of continuous environmental education in Russia are considered. Environmental education starts in the kindergarten where children are getting basic knowledge on the environment. This initial stage of environmental education characterized by the high level of clearness and should be extremely easy to understand by small children.
School education divided into class and extra-curricular exercises. The very important form of extra-curricular environmental education is "field ecology" - the forms and methods of which help children and youth to investigate nature through concrete objects - animals, plants, ecosystems in- situ ( their natural habitats). This approach based on outdoor lessons - excursions, "field" practices, and expeditions. The very important role in development of extra-curricular youth education is an important mission of public and non-governmental organizations. The different forms of extra-curricular environmental education were studied, one of them is the environmental games - the game activity of the participants stimulating a high level of motivation, interest and emotional participation; children's environmental movement - mass form of environmental education, organizing and coordinating eco-volunteers. NGO “Fund for Sustainable Development” within the joint UNESCO Moscow Office/Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia programme the Living Volga, participated in development the structure and concept of the game Brain Ring for children aged from 12 and youth devoted to environmental issues of the Volga Basin flora and fauna.