● Jan Činčera

Jan Činčera

Main information

Czech

Affiliation

Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies, Department of Environmental Studies

Levels of education

  • School education
  • Higher Education
  • Non-formal and informal learning

Geographical scope of expertise

Policy themes

  • Content of education and training curricula, development of key competences
  • Active citizenship and identity in education

Selected publications

  • Činčera, J., Johnson, B., Goldman, D., Alkaher, I. & Medek, M. (Eds.). (2023). Outdoor Environmental Education in the Contemporary World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29257-6
  • Cincera, J., Kroufek, R. & Bogner, F. (2022). „The perceived effect of environmental and sustainability education on environmental literacy of Czech teenagers.“ Environmental Education Research, DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2022.2107618
  • Johnson, B. & Činčera, J. (2021). „Relationships between outdoor environmental education program characteristics and children’s environmental values and behaviors.“ Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2021.2001756
  • Cincera, J., Zalesak, J., Kolenaty, M., Simonova, P., & Johnson, B. (2021). “We love them anyway: outdoor environmental education programs from the accompanying teachers’ perspective.” Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-021-00084-9
  • Cincera, J., Johnson, B. & Kroufek, R. (2020). „Outdoor environmental education programme leaders’ theories of experiential learning.“ Cambridge Journal of Education, 50(6), 729-745. DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2020.1770693
  • Cincera, J., Simonova, P., Kroufek, R. & Johnson, B. (2020). „Empowerment in outdoor environmental education: who shapes the programs?“ Environmental Education Research, 26(12), 1690-1706. DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2020.1814205 
  • Hadjichambis, A.Ch., Reis, P., Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, D., Činčera, J., Boeve-de Pauw, J., Gericke, N., Knippels, M.C. (Eds.) (2020). Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education, Environmental Discourses in Science Education 4. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1 
  • Johnson, B., & Cincera, J. (2019). “Development of the ecological concepts of energy flow and materials cycling in middle school students participating in earth education programs.” Studies in Educational Evaluation 63(August), 94–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.08.003 
  • Činčera, J.; Valešová, B.; Doležalová Křepelková, Š., Šimonová, P., & Kroufek, R. (2019). “Place-based education from three perspectives.” Environmental Education Research, 25(10), 1510-1523.
  • Cincera, J., Boeve-de Pauw, J., Goldman, D., & Simonova, P. (2019). “Emancipatory or instrumental? Students’ and teachers’ perception of the EcoSchool program.” Environmental Education Research, 25(7), 1083-1104. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2018.1506911 
  • Cincera, J., Skalík, J., & Binka, B. (2018). “One world in schools: an evaluation of the human rights education programme in the Republic of Georgia.” Cambridge Journal of Education, doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2018.1427216
  • Grúňová, M., Sané, M., Cincera, J., Kroufek, R., & Hejcmanová, P. (2018). “Reliability of the new environmental paradigm for analysing the environmental attitudes of Senegalese pupils in the context of conservation education projects.” Environmental Education Research, 4622, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2018.1428942.