this presentation explains the objectives and principles of environmental education

1. WELCOME

2. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
TOPIC : OBJECTIVES AND
PRINCIPLES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IS LEARNING
THAT PRODUCES AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENRY
Hine, Hungerford &
Tomera , 1987

4. OBJECTIVES
 Awareness
 Knowledge
 Attitude
 Skills
 Evaluation
 Participation

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.

20. GUIDING PRINCIPLES
• Resourse principles
• Soil principles
• Wildlife protection principle
• Environmental management principles
• Other principles

21. CONCLUSION
Every curriculum should emphasise the
importance of environmental education.
It will help to improve the knowledge and
thinking about the environment .

22. THANK YOU