è ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION:
ª Meaning:
Environmental
education is a learning process that allows individuals to explore
environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action to improve the
environment. As a result, individuals develop a deeper understanding of
environmental issues and have the skills to make informed and responsible
decisions.
ª Characteristics of Environmental Education:
Ø It is a life - long process
Ø It is interdisciplinary and holistic in nature
and its application.
Ø It is an approach to education as a whole,
rather than a subject.
Ø It is a
process of recognizing the interrelatedness among human, his cultural and
biological surroundings.
Ø It appears
to be a process that equips human with awareness, skills-attitudes, values and
commitments to improve environment.
Ø It refers to the knowledge and understanding
of physical, biological, cultural and psychological environment and to perceive
its relevance for real life situation.
Ø It identifies the imbalances of environment a
try to improve it in view of sustainable development.
Ø It entails practice in decision making and
self-formulations of a code of behaviour about problems and issues concerning
environmental quality.
ª
Focal
Aspects of Environmental Education:
There are 6 focal aspects of
environmental education
§ Natural Resources Problems and solutions
§ Environmental pollutions and hazards
§ Important environmental problems
§ Environmental conservation policies and
programmes
§ Environmental management and protection
§ Incorporation of environmental education in
the school curriculum
Natural
Resources, Problems and solutions
▬
renewable &
non – renewable resources
▬
ex: land, water,
minerals, forest, air…
▬
Problems: –
landslides, soil -erosion, desertification, deforestation, over exploitation of
ground water, sewage and agricultural discharges, mono crop culture, over
fishing, depletion of fuel resources….
▬
Solutions: -
›
Conserving the
biodiversity
›
Energy saving
›
Reducing the
usage of paper
›
Avoiding plastic
items ……
Environmental pollution and hazards:
▬
Environmental Pollution
›
Land pollution, Water
pollution, Air pollution, Noise pollution
▬
Environmental
hazards and Disasters
› Earthquake, Tsunami,
Landslide, volcano explosion, flood, cyclone, forest fire, nuclear accidents,
industrial accidents…..
Important environmental problems:
▬
Global warming
▬
Greenhouse effect
▬
Depletion of
ozone layer
▬
Acid rain
▬
Extinction of
flora and fauna
Environmental
conservation policies and programmes:
▬
Environment
conservation laws
▬
Creation of gene
banks
▬
Solar power
projects
▬
Rainwater
harvesting
▬
Development of
social forest
Environmental
management and protection:
▬ Water management
▬
Waste management
▬
Disaster
management
▬
Establishment of
international organizations
▬
Environmental
movements in India
▬
Functioning of
NGO’s
Incorporation of environmental education in the school curriculum:
- To develop environmental awareness, attitude and skills for solving environmental problem
- Providing environmental education at various levels of Education
- Approaches in providing environmental education
- Ways and means of integrating environmental education in the curriculum
- Guidelines to include environmental education at school level
- Problems faced in imparting environmental education
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