Experience in using e-learning materials for environmental education

Natural and social sciences, techniques and complexity of everyday life are nowadays developing too quickly to be followed in education in all their integrity and diversity. In order to solve this problem, the most important topics have to be selected and appropriate didactic strategies are necessary. The 25 topics listed above are organized into 10groups of topics in the e-learning materials. Thelargest 8th group contains topics from what I amable to do to Time (thus including all physics topics). First, we conducted a preliminary didacticexperiment with primary school teachers (teachingEnvironmental education) on the use of e-learningmaterials just for 6 physics topics. Since the appropriate personal characteristics are the essential part of everycompetence, we shall mention them with regard tothe following list of generic competences. 1. Ability to collect information. 2. Ability to analyze the literature and organize information. 3. Ability of interpretation. 4. Ability of drawing conclusions. 5. Ability to learn and solve problems. 6. Transfer of theory into practice. 7. Ability of individual work and organizationand planning activities. We have found that the e-learning materialsconcerning the subject environmental education of primary school can be an appropriateand interesting way of improving the pupils’understanding the basic concepts of natural andsocial sciences. In order to accomplish this, there is aneed for additional courses for teachers in usingthese web pages. More generally, teachers shouldbecome aware of specific and generic competencesthat theirstudents must develop in order to besuccessful in modern society