Environmental Education AKU -IED Course

1. Definition and Scope of
Environmental Education
Abid Shah Hussainy
13 March 2006
Email: abid.shah@aku.edu Ext 3039
First Floor Faculty Offices

2. Class Activities- “For and About” the
Environment

3. Defining Environment

4. Defining Environment

5. Defining Environment

6. Define Environment
• Group Work
• Can you go outside the class in group of four
and observe you environment
• Observe the relationship of environment with
human ( how they are using/enjoying the
environment)
• Bring one element of environment in the class
• Present your environment , its relationship and
element to the class for 5 minutes

7. Relationship with Environment
• Livelihood
• Spiritual
• Cultural
• ??
• Add

8. A Drought Song…..

9. Environmental Issues
• What is a environmental issue?
• ……issue which has its roots in the environment and
involves a problem surrounding which there are differing
belief and values ( Hungerford etal 1990)
• Rule 1 and Rule 2 Page 5

10. Group Work
• Discuss within yourself in a group of 5
environmental issues facing your school
• Make list of common issues
• Both groups will share their issues and do a final
list
• Share it with the class

11. Student Presentation

12. Environmental Issues
• Human actions during the last 50 years have altered
ecosystem to an extend and degree un precedent in
human history ( Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
2006)
• A large number and growing number of people are at
high risk of adverse ecosystem change . The world is
experiencing a worsening trend of human suffering
and economic loss from natural disasters (
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2006)

13. Environmental Issue and Response
• The world must tackle international terrorism and
tackle the forces of poverty, environmental
degradation and hatred that give birth to interference
that can lead to fundamentalism and terrorist act (
Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the UNEP,
Kazakhstan 21 September 2001)

14. Environmental Issue Response
• Environmental education is seen as one of the
historical unanimous response to environmental
issues by educating present and future generation to
care for the earth and conserve environment
• Environmental Education can awaken communities to
the danger facing their environment ( Orr 1994 )

15. Environmental Education
• 'Education is critical for promoting sustainable
development and improving the capacity of people to
address environment and development issues. ... It is
also critical for achieving environmental and ethical
awareness, values and attitudes, skills and behavior
consistent with sustainable development and for
effective public participation in decision-making.'
(Hart etal 1999)

16. Challenge Ahead
• Despite all international and national commitment the
environmental education at the local level through
curriculum enrichment , teaching and community
action present major challenge to the dominant
conception, organization and transmission of
knowledge (Palmer 1998 ).

17. Characteristic of Environmental
Education
• Holistic – Group 1Biodiversity
• Problem Oriented- Group 2 Cultural
• Participatory- Group 3 Rivers
• Value Laden - Group 4 Deserts
• Group work : read in the group characteristic
assign to your group .
• Give examples how you will use this aspect in
your teaching

18. Key Aspect of Environmental
Education
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Attitude
• Action

19. Environmental Education Framework (
Palmer & Olive 1994)
• Education IN FOR ABOUT the Environment

20. Environmental Education Initiative
• Post and share on IED Online one initiative
form the net and also provide link of the source
or resource
• What did you like most about this web site
• Share a photo…or quote another link … related
to environment and its conservation …in your
country , place or region..
• http://www.wwfpak.org/ WWF Pakistan
• What can we do …..