Implementing the Environmental Education

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Implementing the Environmental

Education

Reported by:

Marlyne Montero Villareal


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Environmental Education

A dynamic force to develop a Filipino

population with the awareness and concern

for the environment.

The process of enhancing

ones knowledge and skills,

changing attitudes towards the environment

acting positively to address problems and issues

concerning the environment.


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Modes of Integration

EE in existing Subject areas

EE as a separate subject

Environmental Sciences and/or ResourceManagement as a Discipline


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EE in Existing Subject areas

Discipline-Based Approach

The list of competencies already include those

relevant to environmental protection and

improvement.

These competencies are to be enriched and/or

modified, depending on the needs of students,

the demands of the community, the resourcesavailable and nature of the learning environment.

EE is a form of curriculum enrichment


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EE in Existing Subject areas

Application-Based/ Issues-Based Approach

Environmental problems and issues are analyzed

and alternative solutions are tested

Provides an opportunity for learners to draw from

different disciplines and skills, making them grasp

the whole and the interrelationships of its parts


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EE as a Separate Subject

Offering EE or an environment related courseas an elective or as a required course,especially in the tertiary level

Environmental Education course as an elective.Environmental science or environment oriented course

are offered as an elective in upper grade levels

Environmental education courses for the general

studentRequires all students to take an environment oriented

course as a general education subject


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EE as a Separate Subject (cont..)

Environmental education courses for specific

professions

The curricula of all professions and occupations

should contain specific training that makes

environmental considerations part and parcel of

their professional activities

e.g. Environmental economics, Environmental Geology,Environmental Law, Environmental Risk Assessment and

Technology and the Environment


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Environmental Sciences and/ or Resource

Management as a Discipline

Many colleges and universities offerundergraduate and graduate specializations in

Environmental Science,

Environmental Engineering,

Environmental Sanitation,

Environment and Resource Management, Environmental Chemistry,

Ecology and many others


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In Focus: Integration at the Basic

Education Level

Important points to consider to achieve successfulintegration of EE

Learning in the process areas of the curriculum must

be given a real purpose Teachers must develop a set of understanding about

the topic that are relevant and challenging

Learners must, to some extent, participate in settingthe direction of the unit

Teachers must help develop activities that will informthem about what children already know about a giventopic


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Learners must be engaged in direct, shared

experiences to gather new information Activities must be interactive and learners

must be involved in a range of groupings

Learners must be given opportunities to actout what they have learned


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Communication Arts

Reading skills can be developed using

environment related instructional materials

like newspaper clippings and articles

Oral skills can be developed through

interpretative reading of poems and other

literary pieces with environmental messages

Storytelling can be used to improve

communication by discussing local issues


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Mathematics

Computation of electricity and water bills can be usedto emphasize the need to conserve energy and water

Computation of forest cover and land areas,population density, rate of increase and decrease ofpopulation, etc

Using mortality rates in computing probabilities,probability of extinction of a given species

Ratios showing relationships of population toresources, trees to human population, rice productionto consumption, etc. can be computed


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Arts, Crafts and Related Course

A painted mural of a beautiful panorama on a

school fence can be a starter for instilling the

significance of maintaining balance of nature

The use of scrap materials and recycled

articles are raw materials for projects can

highlight the concepts of conservation and

waste reduction


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Science, Social Studies and Civics

Natural Science can give the scientific

explanations for phenomenal occurrences

Social sciences can easily relate the

environmental issues and concerns to the life

of learners, and the consequences of

environmental neglect and degradation


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Physical Education, Health and

Music (PEHM) Group choral presentations with

environmental messages can be encouraged

Song and dance festivals may be organizedto coincide with some related celebrations

Popular songs with environmental message

can be used to teach the meaning ofmusical technical terms like rhythm,

measure beat and harmony


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Whole School Responsibilities

It is mandatory for schools to ensure that EE isincorporated into the whole school curriculum.

Schools are required to:

Integrate the aims and objectives of EE within existingteaching/learning programs;

Adopt teaching/learning strategies for EE as a regularpart of classroom teaching/learning;

Ensure that there is a consistency between the guidingprinciples for EE and the schools implementation of EEthrough its total curriculum; and

Assess and evaluate EE


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Values Education

Teachers may borrow relevant verses and

precepts or religions to discuss contemporary

environmental issues

Teachers may invite learners to describe and

compare human activities and impact to life

from two different points in time


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In implementing the curriculum, schools shouldconsider:

Introducing environmental themes into existingprograms or introducing additional environmentalschool based courses (for secondary and tertiarylevels)

Providing opportunities for the training of staff on

strategies to effectively implement the curriculum; Promoting liaison among teachers of different years

and subjects to avoid duplication of content;

Including environmental principles in the overallmanagement plan of the school ad encouraging

students to participate in its implementation Introducing activities based on specific environmental

themes


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Role of Teachers and Educators in EE

The teacher plays a significant and substantial

part in EE by being a role model to students in

ensuring acceptable environmental standards.

Pointers to consider:

It is left to the teachers initiative, resourcefulness

and creativity to explore the use of the suggested

strategies, methods ad techniques at the righttime, subject and class situation

EE in its widest context, is for everyone.


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Co-Curricula and Extra activities

Scouts Movement, Kabataan barangay, natureclubs, sports clubs and village homeownersassociations, can be tapped as venues for EE

Conduct summer camps and other forms ofcamping activities by the sea or in forestreservations, give the best setting for thedevelopment of good environmental ethics

Organizing nature trips and ecology Places which have become problems in the

community like Pasig River and esteros


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As teachers, identify the goals you would like toachieve in the classroom, school or community

In conducting EE in the classroom, school orcommunity, there must be a systematic planningof the learning activities

In general, teachers Incorporate the principles, aims, objectives and

strategies of EE into existing programs wheneverappropriate

Help students identify environmental problems thatare relevant to their lives and are solvable by them;

Plan and organize activities to develop among learnersor target group problem solving


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Develop in learners an understanding of therelationship between local and global environmental

issues Continuously network with other environment related

agencies and organizations and be up to date withrecent developments ad teaching resources;

Arrange for field visits/studies to points of interest ororganize fora where speakers and resource persons areinvited to discuss environmental issues and concerns;

Select learning activities that will encourage

responsible actions and develop desirable values thatwill help improve the quality of the environment


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Aim for total involvement of the studentry

and target group in different hands on

experiences in the community

Ensure that all students/learners including

those who are gifted or talented and those

with disabilities of learning difficulties, receiveEE which is appropriate to their needs; and

Keep updated on the special dates and thrusts

at the local and global levels and organizeactivities to drum up such celebrations ad the

World Earth Day of National Environment Day.


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Role of Learners in EE

Students can and/or should:

Find solutions to environmental problems;

Probe into newspaper items, articles and other formsof media to better understand issues concerning theenvironment;

Collect various information about the environmentfrom various sources as baseline data for discussion,and information for dissemination;

Explicitly show his/her feelings about and for theenvironment through various forms of expression likefine arts, performing arts, music, poetry and literature


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