Integrating environmental education into the curriculum: practical elements emerging from educational experiences and research

Today, the implementation of environmental education in the curriculum of schools has been raised as an important and effective issue. In other words, the protection of human health and the protection of the environment are among the subjects that should form an integral part of the school curriculum. However, the results of research and studies conducted in this field confirm that students do not have enough knowledge to help create and develop a healthy lifestyle and awareness of the environment. Although the changes in school policies and curricula confirm that environmental education has been recognized, school performance still needs changes. Therefore, the current research has been carried out with the aim of identifying the actions taken by different countries in the direction of environmental education in curricula. The current research is based on the descriptive approach of documents that was conducted with the library method and a review of related theoretical sources. For this purpose, it first deals with the goals and objectives of environmental education programs. Then, it discusses the measures that different countries have used in the field of environmental education in their curriculum. The results showed that the principles of environmental education are based on adding relevance to the curriculum, adopting a subject-based approach, emphasizing participation and action-oriented dimensions in learning, and emphasizing value education.