Environmental education in practice in the Federal Republic of Germany: an empirical study

Abstract

This article presents figures which show that environmental education is part of the curriculum for different subjects in West German schools. Criticism is made in the following areas: still too little time is used for environmental education; a lack of innovation in using new methods; a lack of adequate scope for teachers to shape their own teaching in a non‐disciplinary, action‐ and situation‐oriented way.