Republic of the Philippines
State Universities and Colleges
GUIMARAS STATE COLLEGE
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Buenavista, Guimaras
RODEN S. FILLONE ELMA M. SANTACERA, PH.D
MA. YLLIEZA A. MOLINING Professor
Student
PA 203: GREEN EDUCATION
UNIT II: Environmental Awareness, Environmental Education in the School Curriculum
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this chapter we are expected to:
Recognize what are environmental education, environmental awareness and
conservation education.
Know how to conserve of environmental education and awareness in school.
Understand public role towards environment.
Identify/ Integrate EE in school curriculum
Raise awareness to role learners
INTRODUCTION
Environmental education is teaching of individuals, communities, in transitioning to a
society that is knowledge of the environment and its associated problems, aware the solution
to these problems, and motivated to solve them.
The focus of this topic are the conservation education in school, communicating with
schools, academic standards and environmental education and integrating environmental
education into school curriculum.
DEFFINITION OF TERMS
Environment
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates
Education
The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or
university
Awareness
Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact
DISCUSSION
Environmental Education
Refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and
particularly, how human being manage behavior and ecosystem to live sustainability.
It is also to increase the public awareness and knowledge of environmental issues.
It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology,
earth science
Environmental Awareness
The fragility of our environment and the importance of its protection.
An integral part of the movement's sucess by teaching our friends and family that the physical
environment is indispensable, we can begin fixing the problems that threaten it.
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Conservation Education in School
Dealt with the natural world in a drastically different ways of nature study. It focuses on
rigorous scientific trainings rather nature study. Scientific management and planning tool that
help solve social, economic and environmental problems.
How to conserve environmental education and awareness in school?
Using texbooks such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, earth science. Field trips at
marine sunctuaries, zoos, farms, eco parks and more.Conduct school activities like: field trips,
tree planting, ceanup drive.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Tree Planting
COMMUNICATING WITH SCHOOLS
Conduct symposuim or meeting with the stakeholders and parents.
Advice pupils, parents and stakeholders to attend school activities that promotes
environmental awareness.
Using modern technology to promote programs and activities.
Inform public in their various roles as consumer, employee, voters and business and
community leaders because solving local and global problem cannot be accomplished
by the politician or experts alone.
Integrating Environmental Education
Using the local environment as a framework for teaching state and district education
standards.
Environmental education policies allot the financial for hands - on outdoor learning.
Modes of Integration
Environmental Education in existing subject areas
Environmental Education as a separate subject
Environmental Sciences and/or Resource Management as a Discipline
Environmental Education in existing subject areas
Discipline-Based Approach
The list of competencies already include those relevant to environmental protection and
improvement
These competencies are to enriched and/or modified, depending on the need of the
students, the demands of the community, the resources available and nature of the learning
environment
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 disciples and skills
Environmental Education as a separate subject
Offerring EE or an environmental related course as an elective or as a required course,
especially in the tertiary level
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Environmental Education course as an elective
Environmental Education courses for the general student
Environmental Education courses for specific professions
Environmental Sciences and/or Resource Management as a Discipline
Many colleges and universities offer undergraduate and graduate specifications in
Environmental Science
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Sanitation
Environmental and Resource Management
Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and many others
Importance of EE to achieve successful integration
BASIC EDUCATION
Learning in the process areas of the curriculum must be given a real purpose
Teacher must develop a set of understanding about the topic that are relevant and
challenging
Learners must to some extent, participate in setting the direction of the unit
Activities must be interactive and learners must be involved
Learners must apply what they have learned in real situation
COMMUNICATION ARTS
Reading skills can be developed using environment related instructional materials like
newspaper clippings and articles
Oral skill 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
Mathematics
Computation of electricity and water bills can be used to emphasize the need to
conserve energy and water
Computation of forest cover and land areas, population, density, rate of increase and
decrease of population
Ratios showing relationship of population to resources, trees to human population, rice
production to consumption, etc. can be computed
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 for projects can highlight the concepts of conservation and
waste reduction
Science, Social Studies and Civics
Natural Science can give scientific explanations for phenomenal occurrences
Social Sciences can easily relate the environmental issues and concerns to the life of
learners, and the consequences of environment neglect and degradation
Whole School Responsibilities
It is mandatory for Schools to ensure that EE is incorporated into the whole school
curriculum.
Schools are required to:
Integrate the aims and objectives of EE within existing teaching/learning programs
Adopt teaching/learning strategies for EE as a regular part of classroom
teaching/learning
Ensure that there is a consistency between the guiding principles of EE and the
schools implementation of EE through its total curriculum and
Assess and evaluate EE
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In implementing the curriculum, school should consider:
Introducing environmental themes into existing programs or introducing additional
environmental school based courses (for secondary and tertiary)
Providing opportunities for the training of staff on strategies to effectively
implement the curriculum
Introducing activities based on specific environmental themes
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.
Develop in learners an understanding of the relationship between local and global
environmental issues
Select learning activities that will encourage responsible action and develop desirable
values that will help improve the quality of the environment
Plan and organize activities to develop among learners or target group problem solving
Helps students identify environmental problems that are relevant to their lives and are
solvable by them.
Keep updated on the special dates and thrusts at the local and global levels and organize
activities to drum up such celebrations and the World Earth Day of National
Environment Day
Role of Learners in EE
Students can and/or should:
Find solution to environment problems
Collect various information about the environment as a discussion and information
dissemination
Took advantage the use of Social Media to spread environmental awareness
Campaign for environmental protection and conservation through recycling activities,
etc
Initiate projects for environmental protection and conservation in school and/or
community levels
SUMMARY
Environmental education teach us about how environment function, how to manage
and to be aware what are happening today.
In environmental awareness that we must be carefull and love our environment a such
it is fragile that we cannot return to its original structure but we can fix the problem that
threaten it.
The role of educators is to continue teaching that governs in environmental education.
QUESTIONS
How to conserve environmental education and awareness in school?
Site some activities concerning environment.
What is your role to conserve environment?
REFERENCES
https://www.google.com
https://www.slideshare.com
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