What is Environment Education? Why is it necessary? Where to tart and how things are presented? How can we teach environmental education to the children? To answer all these question, this presentation is ready. Teachers will also get some thoughts regarding this subjects.

1. Environmental
Education
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Ridwanul Mosrur
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2. Education is the process that disseminates
knowledge, imparts necessary skills, and helps in
forming or changing attitudes
One of the most basic areas about which we get
educated is
- an understanding of how the system of
life function and how we humans fit in to them.
This is what constitutes environment.
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3. Concern….
1970s saw a growing concern about the deteriorating state
of the environment, and the need to do something about
conservation and improvement of the situation.
The concept of an environmentally oriented
education system which would help to prepare
environmentally conscious citizens emerged in response
of this
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4. Efforts…
The Stockholm Conference…
The first United Conference on Human and Environment
Which stated that “to defend and improve the
environment for present and future generation has
become an imperative goal of mankind’
Initiated an idea of observing World Environment Day
on 5th June every year.
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5. Objective of EE
The first Intergovernmental Conference on
Environmental Education (Tbilisi 1972)
a. An awareness of the environment and its problems
b. Basic knowledge and understanding of the
environment and its inter-relationship with man
c. Social values and attitudes which are in harmony
with environment quality
d. Skills to solve environmental problems
e. Ability to evaluate environmental measures and
education programs
f. A sense of responsibility and urgency towards the
environment so as to ensure appropriate actions to
solve environmental problems
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6. Guideline principles to achieve the objectives
• Consider the environment in its totality
• Be a continuous lifelong process, beginning at the pre-
school
• Be interdisciplinary in its approach
• Examine major environmental issues from local,
national, regional and international points of view
• Focus on current and potential environmental
situations, while taking in to account the historical
perspective
• Promote the value and necessity of local, national and
international co-operation in prevention and solution of
environmental problems
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7. Environmental Education-
process in developing a world population that is aware
of and concerned about the total environment and its
associated problems, and which has the knowledge,
attitude, commitments and skills to work individually
and collectively towards the solution of current
problems and the prevention of new ones
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8. The role of environmental educator
To educate about environment is a challenging task…
Environment is all encompassing, multidisciplinary and
dynamic. An educator has to bring in its scientific, social,
economic, political and technological dimensions to it
Practical activities and first hand experiences of real-life
situation are essential to make EE meaningful
Objective of EE- spanning awareness to action- pose
challenge. Education have to explore fresh ways of
teaching
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9. EE in School..
School is one institutional framework through which
EE can be introduced
The main actors that interact within this framework
are students, teachers and the curriculum
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10. Within the school framework..
Provide all students with opportunity to acquire the
knowledge, understanding, and skills to engage
effectively with environmental issues
Encourage students to examine and interpret the
environment from variety of perspectives
Arose students awareness and curiosity about the
environment and encourage active participation in
resolving environmental problems
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11. Many ways to teach..
 A variety of teaching method ologies can be used
No matter what the situation, the teaching-learning
experience can be enhanced by teachers
The challenge is to use imagination and innovation in
selecting from the many activities and approaches that
can motivate students and take them from awareness to
action
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