NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

PRESENTED BY-VELENTINA DAS(MSc,B.Ed.)

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ?

Environmental Education implies establishing proper ecological equilibrium which entails proper use and conservation of resources in a sustainable manner.

Environmental Education should enable people learn how hazardous environmental pollution, population explosion and resource depletion could be…The best place to start such learning is “School”

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Major Environmental Problems Needing Environmental Education

Macro kind

Soil Erosion

Extinction of

wildlife

Deforestation

Lack of water

Energy crisis and related

issues.

Micro kind

Poor health and sanitation

Inadequate housing

Population growth

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Focal points of Environmental Education

Concern for reality by exposing students to the real life world, natural and social environment in which they live.

Enable students to analyse,evaluate and draw inferences about problems and issues related to environment.

Enable students understand environment issues and take positive environmental actions.

Develop skills of environmental actions among students in order to facilitate the journey of mankind towards sustainability.

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Environmental Education in curriculum process

Learning about the Environment

Learning through the

Environment

Learning for the Environment

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Key components in the curriculum planning process

Active orientation towards the development of skills rather than imparting information only.

Knowledge should be concretely shaped into both soft and hard skills.

Development of positive attitudes, values and appreciation towards the nature.

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Objectives of Environmental Education

Awareness

Knowledge

Attitudes

Skills

Participation

Empowerment

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Guiding Principles of Environmental Education

Considering environment in its totally-Natural and Built, Technological and Social.

To be a continuous life long process, beginning at the pre-school level and continuing through all formal and non-formal stages.

To be inter-disciplinary in its approach drawing on the specific content of each discipline making possible a holistic and balanced perspective.

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To examine major environmental issues from local,national,regional and international point of view so that students receive the insights into environmental conditions in other geographical areas.

To promote the value and necessity of local, national cooperation in prevention and solutions of environmental problems.

To focus on current and potential environmental aspects for development and growth.

Enable learners to have a role in planning their learning experiences and provide an opportunity for making decisions and accepting their consequences.

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Relate environmental sensitivity,knowledge,problem-solving skills and values and clarification at every great level.

To help learners discover the symptoms and the actual causes of environmental problems.

To emphasize the complexity of environmental problems and has the need to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills

To utilize diverse learning environment and a broad array of educational approaches to teaching.

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Environmental Ethics

We should love and honour the earth since it has blessed us with life and governs our survival.

We should keep each day sacred to earth and celebrate the turning of its seasons.

We should not hold ourselves above other living things and have no right to drive them to extinction.

We should be grateful to the plants and animals which nourish us by giving food.

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We should limit our offsprings because too many people will overburden the earth.

We shouldn't waste our resources on destructive weapons.We shouldn't run after gains at the cost of nature, rather

should strive to restore its damaged majesty.We shouldn't conceal from others the effects we have

caused by our actions on earth.We shouldn't steal from future generations their right to

live in a clean and safe planet by impoverishing or polluting it.

We should consume the material goods to moderate amounts so that all may share the earth’s precious treasure of resources.

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Environmental Education-North-east perspective

• North east region is nature’s paradise with amalgamation of rivers and lands, and other natural resources feature her physiography and climatic regimes with grandeur of uniqueness and exclusivity.

• Like other parts of the world, global climatic changes have aversively affected this regions too.

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Most prominent ecological high risk threats of this region are…….

Threat to existence of Majuli(the largest river island of the world)

Diminishing trend of bio-diversity i.e. potential threats to rich flora and fauna in their natural habitats as well as National parks, Wild life Sanctuaries and biosphere reserves.

Threat to wetlands.(Deepar Beel,Loktak lake)

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Unplanned and sustainable practices of Jhum cultivation(shifting cultivation)

Threat to the existence of aquatic flora and fauna of the rivers and wetlands owing to water and soil pollution etc.

Threat of deforestation that results in frequently occurrence of floods and landslides.

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• At this backdrop the environmental education has paramount implications in pedagogy and curriculum development.

• Curriculum and pedagogy are two most important devices which can equip the learners of this region with necessary knowledge and skills for the protection, conservation and preservation of immensely rich natural resources.

• An eco-friendly curriculum and pedagogy is relevant today for North-east region and the entire world.

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Conclusion……….

• The frontier attitude of industrialized society towards nature has not only endangered the survival of all life forms but has also threatened the very existence of human life.

• The realization of such potential danger has necessitated the dissemination of knowledge and skills for environmental protection at all stages of learning need to sensitize with a missionary zeal.

• And through environmental education the environmental ethics can be inculcated in the children through formal and non-formal education.

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References……

Agarwal, J.C. (2011) Development and planning of Modern Education, 9th edition.

Das, Shantanu (2010).Strategies for knowledge and skill development in environment Education, University News, 48(38)

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Gupta Dr. Rashmi (2012) UGC NET Environmental Science, Arihant Publication Pvt. Ltd.New Delhi.

Kaushik, Anubha; Kaushik C.P. (2007) Perspectives in Environmental Studies.

Mrunalini, Dr.T. (2007).Curriculum Development, Neelkamal Publications Pvt. Ltd.New Delhi.

Tyagi Anil and Singh Virendra (2011) UGC-NET Environmental Science, Trumans Publications Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi.

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