Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(4): 267-298  

The study explored the state of the implementation of climate change education in the national school curricula of selected European countries. The initial research phase focused on analysing the presence of climate change education keywords in available European national curricula through a full-text search. The follow-up research utilised a multiple case study to investigate the scope of and the approach to the implementation of climate change education in the national curricula of the Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, and Estonia. The results of the multiple case study are discussed within the context of contemporary climate change education theories...

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(4): 299-324  

Various models are used to teach environmental issues, with the potential to integrate civic and environmental education. Although these models provide valuable frameworks for teachers in Central Europe, they are rarely implemented. This article presents four such models, including the models of environmental literacy, citizen science, place-based education and biophilic education, and reviews the current state of research in this area, the main aspects of these models and the challenges involved in their implementation. Next, these models are deconstructed into their vital components and placed within the synthetic Integrated Model for Multidimensional...

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(4): 325-347  

Civic and environmental education are often institutionally separated, although many contemporary public challenges—including climate adaptation, land use, mobility, energy transitions, and local environmental conflicts—require both democratic deliberation and socio-environmental action. This article develops an integrative conceptual review of student participation as a shared mechanism that may connect these domains. Rather than treating participation as a universally beneficial educational practice, we conceptualise it as an institutional opportunity structure whose effects depend on its quality, consequentiality, equity, and legitimacy....