Enumerate the guiding principles for environmental education.

i) Consider the environment in its totality – natural and built, technological and social (economic political, technological, cultural – historical , moral and aesthetic);
ii) Be a continuous life-long process, beginning at the pre-school level and continuing through all formal and non-formal stages;
iii) Be interdisciplinary in its approach, drawing on the specific content of each discipline in making possible a holistic and balanced perspective;
iv) Examine major environmental issues from local, national, regional and international points of view so that students receive insights into environmental conditions in other geographical areas;
v) Focus on content and potential environmental situations, while taking into account the historical perspective;
vi) Promote the value and necessity of local, national and international cooperation in the prevention and solution of environmental problems;
vii) Explicitly consider environmental aspects in plans for development and growth;
viii) Enable learners to have a role in planning their learning experiences and provide an opportunity for making decisions and accepting their consequences;
ix) Relate environmental sensitivity knowledge, problem-solving skills and values clarification to every age, but with social emphasis on special emphasis on environmental sensitivity to the learner’s own community in early years;
x) Help learners discover the symptoms and real causes of environmental problems;
xi) Emphasize the complexity of environmental problems and thus the need to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
xii) Utilize diverse learning environments and a broad array of educational approaches to teaching / learning about and from the environment with due stress on practical activities and first – hand experience.

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Kavungya answered the question on April 19, 2019 at 06:06