{"id":7112,"date":"2026-07-21T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffstopenpress.ffst.hr\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=7112"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:06:37","slug":"the-main-challenges-for-education-for-sustainable-development-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-institutions-in-croatia","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ffstopenpress.ffst.hr\/en\/chapter\/the-main-challenges-for-education-for-sustainable-development-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-institutions-in-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Main Challenges for Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood Education and Care Institutions in Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the priorities for a sustainable world is to educate early and preschool children how to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to become effective agents of change, committed problem-solvers, and system-thinkers (Huggins &amp; Evans, 2017). Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) requires strategic planning, which involves incorporating sustainability principles into curricula and daily practice, as well as securing political and cultural commitment for increased investment. This approach also addresses professional preschool education staff shortages and their goal-oriented development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the priorities for a sustainable world is to educate early and preschool children how to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to become effective agents of change, committed problem-solvers, and system-thinkers (Huggins &amp; Evans, 2017). Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) requires strategic planning, which involves incorporating sustainability principles into curricula and daily &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6861,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7112","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffstopenpress.ffst.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/7112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffstopenpress.ffst.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffstopenpress.ffst.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffstopenpress.ffst.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffstopenpress.ffst.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}