Approaches to Environment Education
ASSIGNMENT ON PAPER I
EDUCATION IN EMERGING INDIA
TOPIC: Approaches to Environmental Education
Environmental Education has been described as education for the environment, education about the environment and education through the environment. It is the process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts in order to develop skills and attitudes necessary to understand and appreciate the inter-relatedness among man, his culture, and his biophysical surroundings. Environmental education also includes practice in decision-making and self-formulation of a code of behavior about issues concerning environmental quality (IUCN, 1970). Environmental education is a relatively young, dynamic and immensely complex field to study and interpret. So it’s teaching and learning is a complex issue. In order to bring about the aims of environmental environmental educators have been keeping in step with environmental consciousness of international society and making plenty of explorations on how to carry on environmental education.
After Industrialization the interference of man to his environment intensified due to high energy demand, which is supplemented by fossil fuels like coal and petroleum. Many of the changes areharmfulto the environment and other living creatures while only a small number of changes are beneficial to the environment. Once any changes in the environment ismade it cannot be undone. Hence mankind needs to take proper care and make sure that a change does not adversely affect the environment which in turn will have serious adverse effect on human beings.Many government agencies, educational institutions, andcommunity and industry groups are putting a great deal of effort intodeveloping and implementing environmental education programs to create awareness among mankind around the globe, the importance of environmental education in dealing with today’senvironmental challenges.
The different approaches that these various agencies has
EDUCATION IN EMERGING INDIA
TOPIC: Approaches to Environmental Education
Environmental Education has been described as education for the environment, education about the environment and education through the environment. It is the process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts in order to develop skills and attitudes necessary to understand and appreciate the inter-relatedness among man, his culture, and his biophysical surroundings. Environmental education also includes practice in decision-making and self-formulation of a code of behavior about issues concerning environmental quality (IUCN, 1970). Environmental education is a relatively young, dynamic and immensely complex field to study and interpret. So it’s teaching and learning is a complex issue. In order to bring about the aims of environmental environmental educators have been keeping in step with environmental consciousness of international society and making plenty of explorations on how to carry on environmental education.
After Industrialization the interference of man to his environment intensified due to high energy demand, which is supplemented by fossil fuels like coal and petroleum. Many of the changes areharmfulto the environment and other living creatures while only a small number of changes are beneficial to the environment. Once any changes in the environment ismade it cannot be undone. Hence mankind needs to take proper care and make sure that a change does not adversely affect the environment which in turn will have serious adverse effect on human beings.Many government agencies, educational institutions, andcommunity and industry groups are putting a great deal of effort intodeveloping and implementing environmental education programs to create awareness among mankind around the globe, the importance of environmental education in dealing with today’senvironmental challenges.
The different approaches that these various agencies has
References: : 1. Vanlalhruaii, Dr. The Teacher and Education in Emerging Indian Society.2007. 2. Joshi SR, Joshi N. Man and his Environemt.Gautam Bros. Shillong. 1999 Websites referred: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_education 2. http://www.cgie.org/blog/resources/papers-publications/interdisciplinary-approaches-environmental-education