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This paper examines first the practical requirements of educational ‘participation’, and attempts to define the kind of education system (both structure and curriculum) which would meet these requirements. Next, it describes the special role of environmental education for all age groups, not just those of school age. Organizational and curriculum models are presented to illustrate how locally based education could be developed in such a way as to draw together teachers, local people and technical professionals working in the locality, to make a collective learning process. Finally some conclusions are drawn about the politics of environmental education.
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Miss Jean Forbes is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Glasgow.
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Forbes, J. Environmental education — Implications for public policy. Environmentalist 7, 131–142 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240297
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240297