5. Awareness
• To help individuals and social group acquire an
awareness of and sensitivity to the total
environment and its allied problems
6. knowledge
• To help individuals and social groups acquire
basic understanding of the environment , its
associated problems and humanity’s critically
responsible presence and role in it.
7. Attitude
• To help individuals and social groups acquire
values , strong feelings of concern for the
environment and the motivation for actively
participating in its protection and
improvement .
8. Skills
• To help individuals and social groups acquire
the skills for solving environmental problems.
9. Evaluation
• To help individuals and social groups evaluate
environmental measures and education
programes in terms of ecological , political ,
economic , social ,aesthetic and educational
factors.
10. Participation
• To help individuals and social groups develop
a sense of responsibility and urgency
regarding environmental problems to ensure
appropriate action to solve these problems.
11. PRINCIPLES
• Principle of totality
• Principle of continuity
• Principle of interdisciplinarity
• principle of complexity
• Principle of practicality
• Principle of historical perspective
• Principle of local and global issue
• Principle of environmental sensitivity
12. Principle of totality
• Consider the environment in its totality –
natural and built ,technological and social
(economic, political ,cultural ,historical ,
moral, and aesthetic).
13. Principle of continuity
• Be a continuous , life long process, beginning
at pre-school level and continuing through all
formal and non- formal stages.
14. Principle of interdisciplinarity
• Be inter disciplinary in its approach , drawing
on the specific content of each discipline in
making possible a holistic and balanced
perspective.
15. Principle of complexity
• Emphasise the complexity of environmental
problems and thus the need to develop critical
thinking and problem solving skills.
16. Principle of practicality
• Utilize diverse learning environments and a
broad array of educational approaches to
teaching , learning, about and from
environment with due stress on practical
activities and first hand experience.
17. Principle of historical perspective
• Focus on current and potential environmental
situations while taking into account historical
perspective.
18. Principle of local and global issue
• Examine major environmental issue from
local, national, and international points of
view so that students receive insights into
environmental conditions in other geographic
area.
19. Principle of environmental sensitivity
• Relate environmental sensitivity, knowledge,
problem-solving skills and values clarification
to every age, but with special emohasis on
environmental sensitivity to the learner’s own
community in early years.
21. CONCLUSION
Every curriculum should emphasise the
importance of environmental education.
It will help to improve the knowledge and
thinking about the environment .
