Title: The state of environmental education in Polish and Czech universities

Authors: Maria Urbaniec, Tomas Krivanek, Jana Brauweiler, Matthias Kramer

Addresses: Internationales Hochschulinstitut Zittau/International Graduate School, IHI Zittau, Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre/Chair of Business Administration and Accounting, Markt 23, 02763 Zittau, Denmark. Graduate School, IHI Zittau, Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre/Chair of Business Administration and Accounting, Markt 23, 02763 Zittau, Denmark. Graduate School, IHI Zittau, Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre/Chair of Business Administration and Accounting, Markt 23, 02763 Zittau, Denmark

Abstract: An appropriate university education is necessary to improve our environment. In consideration of this, an analysis of the syllabi of the Polish and Czech universities, focusing on the topics of environmental management and the protection of nature, was conducted by the International Graduate School IHI Zittau|s Faculty of Business Administration. The results of this analysis can be compared with the situation at several Czech and Polish universities which offer environmentally-oriented subjects but tend to mention problems in environmental management only marginally. An international comparison in the form of a strength/weakness analysis in these countries has been conducted.

Keywords: environmental education; environmental management; university; curricula analysis; international comparison; Poland; Czech Republic.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2003.002365

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2003 Vol.2 No.1, pp.100-119

Published online: 16 Jul 2003 *

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