Acknowledgements
1 General introduction 1.1 The environmental situation in Kosovo
1.2 People′s perception and knowledge of environmental issues in Kosovo
1.3 The education system in Kosovo
1.4 Environmental education and education for sustainable development
1.5 Environmental education and education for sustainable development in Kosovo
1.6 Key players for a successful implementation of EE / ESD in the educational system
1.7 Examples for the implementation of ESD in schools and evaluation studies
1.8 Outline of the thesis
2 General methodologies 2.1 Document analysis
2.2 The written questionnaire
2.3 The interviews
2.4 The observations
3 The integration of environmental topics in textbooks and the national curriculum in Kosovo 3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methodology
3.3 Results
3.4 Discussion
3.5 Conclusions
4 Environmental education in high schools in Kosovo – a teacher perspective 4.1 Introduction
4.2 Methods
4.2.1 Study design and data collection
4.2.2 Questionnaire
4.2.3 Interview guideline
4.2.4 Pretest and data analysis
4.3 Results
4.3.1 Familiarity with EE and ESD
4.3.2 Information sources used
4.3.3 Environmental issues taught and selection criteria used
4.3.4 Obstacles and needs
4.3.5 Time spent on certain activities
4.3.6 Approaches to EE
4.3.7 Outdoor education and field work
4.3.8 Priorities and ideal EE
4.3.9 Teacher training courses
4.4 Discussion
4.5 Conclusions
5 Design and evaluation of a new toolkit for environmental education in high schools in Kosovo 5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methods
5.2.1 Preparation of the toolkit
5.2.2 The one-day inservice teacher workshop
5.2.3 Experiences with the toolkit a year later
5.3 Results
5.3.1 The toolkit
5.3.2 Evaluation of the workshop and toolkit
5.3.3 Experiences with the toolkit
5.4 Discussion
5.5 Conclusions
6 The effect of a one-day teacher education workshop on ESD teaching content and methods – a case study from Kosovo 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Methods
6.2.1 Study design and data collection
6.2.2 Observation instrument and data analysis
6.3 Results
6.4 Discussion
6.5 Conclusions
7 General discussion 8 Future directions for the achievement of ESD in Kosovo 9 Summary 10 Zusammenfassung 11 References Appendix I: List of official textbooks including environmental topics
Appendix II: Written questionnaire (English translation)
Appendix III : Written questionnaire (original version)
Appendix IV : Interview agenda (English translation)
Appendix V: Interview agenda (original version)
Appendix VI: Toolkit