scholarly journals From Environmental Awareness to Environmental Responsibility: Towards a Stewardship Curriculum

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Ajayi C. Omoogun ◽  
Etuki E. Egbonyi ◽  
Usang N. Onnoghen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
Environmental Curricula

<p>The period of environmentalism heightened environmental concern and subsequently the emergence of Environmental Education that is anchored on awareness. It is thought that increase in environmental awareness will reverse the misuse of the environment and its resources. Four decades after the international call for Environmental Education, Earth’s degradation is far from abating as it’s pristinity is consistently and irreversibly being eroded by no less than from anthropocentric activities. Humans have seen themselves as the dominant species that is apart and not part of the organisms that constitute the environment. The philosophical value free nature concepts and the theological assumption that human are the ultimate species together with the rise of capitalism and its surrogates consumerism together conspire to diminuate environmental health. To protect the environment therefore, we must refocus EE to change human’s view of the environment and attitude towards the utilization of its resources. Environmental education can become more effective in creating respect for the environment. This paper examined the failure of efforts at addressing environmental issues via environmental education. The paper posits that environmental problems are on the increase due to lack of deliberate responsibility and stewardship, lack of a unique EE curricula and ineffective pedagogy. We suggest therefore that EE can target human perception and attitude and direct then towards biocentric stewardship for the environment. This can be achieved through a deliberate pedagogy of environmental values that promotes sustainable attitude and respect for the environment. Humans must bear the burden of responsibility to ensure the wellbeing of the environment. We must replace the philosophical value free nature concepts that nature is a common commodity and the theological assumption that humans are the ultimate species. We must also rethink our consumerism nature and the endless faith in the efficacy of technology to solve reoccurrence human induced ecological problems. These issues must be embedded in the school curriculum. Pedagogical approach to EE should essentially be the experiential model. The school curriculum must be the carrier and doer of these values that are crucial to the sustainability of the environment. Environmental ethics, environmental code of conduct, environmental nationalism, nature as manifestation of God, ascetic consumerism are recommended as key component of environmental curricula and pedagogy.<strong> </strong></p>

Developments & Challenges in Australian Environmental Education

1990 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Fensham
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
European Elections ◽  
Strong Action ◽  
Sensitive Issues ◽  
Political Priority

This year of 1990 is an appropriate time to review the place of environmental education in the Australian school curriculum. After a period in the mid 1980s when environmental issues and political attention to the environment were on the back burner in comparison with economic issues, the environment is again a top international political priority. With Green victories in a number of European elections, even the hitherto unmindful Thatcher government in Britain is claiming an environmental concern and announcing several conservation measures, albeit with rather distant targets compared with a number of their prospective partners in Europe.The Hawke government in its third term sensed a growing environmental disenchantment among its supporters, and appointed one of its heavy-weights to the Environment portfolio. This move, and the strong action he took over several sensitive issues, were enough to keep the Green preferences in line and ensure in 1990 a fourth, unprecedented Labor term of office.The first Australian government involving official Green support appeared in Tasmania and in most of the other states the governments have upgraded Conservation and the Environment among their ministries.Most Australians, according to a poll conducted late in May (The Age, 15 June, 1990), feel that the threat to the environment is real, and that its protection should be put ahead of economic growth. Such strong public support for the environment would have been unthinkable a decade ago, even though the evidence for much of the now widely recognised damage to the Australian and global environment was available.

ACHIEVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO MENTAL HEALTH OF THE STUDENTS AT UNDER GRADUATE LEVEL

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sambasivarao
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Over Exploitation

Environment is a global concept today. Environmental education is a process that allows individuals to explore environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action to improve the environment. As a result, individuals develop a deeper understanding of environmental issues and have the skills to make informed and responsible decisions. Environmental Education is an approach to learning. Environmental education refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, earth science, atmospheric science, mathematics, and geography. Today our environment is being destructed due to various factors. One of the major causes of environmental destruction is human activities. Man with his great skill and adaptive power has brought lot of changes. It is time to realize that our Earth has limited resources. Educators and environment specialists are stressing that solution to the environment crises will require environmental awareness and understanding. Environmental awareness means to help social groups and individuals to acquire an awareness and sensitivity to the total environment and its allied problems. The importance of environmental awareness cannot be overemphasized. We must understand that to improve the environment is to improve the quality of life. Environmental education programs need to be planned nationally as there is difference in the environmental priorities. Fast growing populations, high .intensity agriculture, human settlements and slum improvement, introduction of modern transport systems, increasing demands for energy and industrialization are the environmental priorities for developing countries whereas over exploitation of resources, industrial pollution and waste disposal are the main environmental priorities for developed countries. The present paper discusses about achievement in Environmental Education in relation to Mental Health, Environmental Awareness and streams at students of under graduation level

Recollection as Tool for Environmental Education and Strategy for Raising Awareness and Sensitivity Among Selected Youths

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo C. Lunar ◽  
Merlita C. Medallon
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
Resource Preservation ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Strongly Agree

The Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) is an organization that responds to environmental awareness and education through an environmental recollection. Environmental recollection was conducted among twenty student respondents who are scholars of CFCA. Using a researcher-developed questionnaire, data on the level of knowledge on four environmental issues: global warming, climate change, waste management and resource preservation and the action plans were gathered. Results show that the student respondents are well informed of the environmental issues prior to the environmental recollection but a significant increase in the level of knowledge was found after the environmental recollection. The students strongly agree on the plan to preserve the resources and the proper waste management procedures. All the students get information on environmental issues from their teachers, while majority also obtain them from media and seminars. Other information was obtained from home through their parents, classmates, and pamphlets. There is significant association between prior level of knowledge in waste management, prior level of knowledge in resource preservation and the post level of knowledge in all environmental issues and number of sources from which they get the information. Environmental recollection is a good tool in awakening the students in the current environmental situation.   Keywords - environmental recollection, environmental education, environmental sensitivity, environmental awareness, responsible behaviour, preservation

scholarly journals Herramientas de aprendizaje para favorecer la educación ambiental. Caso de estudio Fundación Niños de Los Andes sede Manizales, Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gloria Yaneth Flórez-Yepes ◽  
Alejandro Rincón-Santamaría ◽  
Pablo Santiago Cardona ◽  
Felipe Antonio Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
And Control ◽  
The City

This article is part of the results of a research project whose objective was to formulate a strategy for environmental awareness for children and adolescents of the Fundación Niños de Los Andes (Children of the Andes Foundation) in the city of Manizales, Colombia. The methodological process was a quantitative and descriptive approach, using the survey as a tool for information gathering and the SPSS tool for systematization. A later discussion of the results was performed, and it determined the best way to approach the environmental education in children. The main conclusion was that the best strategy for acceptance of environmental education in children is to develop practical workshops that enable them to know, through real cases, environmental issues and ways of approach to prevent these issues, mitigate them, and control them.

scholarly journals O Centro Estadual Integrado de Educação Rural de Águia Branca/ES: interfaces entre Educação do Campo e Educação Ambiental

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Ramofly Bicalho ◽  
Rainei Rodrigues Jadejiski
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Third Grade ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Graduating Students

This article is an unfolding of a Master's research carried out at the Centro Estadual Integrado de Educação Rural de Águia Branca/ES (CEIER-AB). During our incubation at this school, we collected data for the development of our main objective: to identify the repercussions of environmental issues, to work on the school curriculum based on Generating Themes (TG), for graduating students, in 2018, third grade class of High School integrated to the Technical Course in Agriculture. We deal with the possibilities of contextualizing Environmental Education in its articulation with the education of the field developed at the Center, based on the pedagogical work with the TG, which considers the reality of the students' lives. In the methodology used, bibliographic and documentary research, questionnaires and observation. The results presented in the work developed by the school have their bases approved in Environmental Education, which work as an order of order and theoretical practices produced in the school, and this favored the creation of awareness regarding the preservation of the environment by the students.

scholarly journals TAHAP KESEDARAN DAN PEMBUDAYAAN ALAM SEKITAR DALAM KALANGAN PELAJAR SEKOLAH MENENGAH DI KOTA KINABALU, SABAH

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
ABDUL HAIR BEDDU ASIS ◽  
SYAMSUL AZIZUL MARINSAH ◽  
HABIBAH @ ARTINI BINTI RAMLIE
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
School Students ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Relationship

Isu alam sekitar telah menjadi ancaman yang sangat berbahaya kepada manusia. Kebergantungan manusia terhadap elemen alam sekitar memaksa manusia untuk masuk ke dalam sistem alam sekitar yang sangat terbatas. Cara terbaik untuk menjaga hubungan baik terhadap alam sekitar adalah melalui pemuliharaan dan pemeliharaan alam sekitar agar sentiasa lestari. Hal ini tentu sekali bermula daripada titik awal iaitu pendidikan. Pelbagai usaha menerapkan pendidikan alam sekitar ke dalam sistem kurikulum sekolah namun kesedaran terhadap alam sekitar dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah masih berada pada tahap yang kurang memuaskan. Oleh hal yang demikian, kajian terhadap kesedaran dan amalan pendidikan berunsur alam sekitar dijalankan. Selain itu, hubungan antara kesedaran dan pembentukan amalan pendidikan alam sekitar dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah di Kota Kinabalu turut dikenal pasti. Kajian ini menggunakan borang soal selidik yang diedarkan di sepuluh buah sekolah terpilih dengan jumlah responden seramai 500 orang dan analisis data dilakukan secara analisis deskriptif. Hasil dapatan menunjukkan hubungan antara kesedaran terhadap kepentingan alam sekitar dengan amalan pembudayaan amalan pendidikan alam sekitar dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah di daerah Kota Kinabalu, Sabah adalah tidak signifikan.   Environmental issues have become a very dangerous to human beings. Human dependence on environmental elements forces humans to adapt into a very limited environmental system. The best way to maintain good relations with the environment is through conservation and preservation of the environment so that it is always sustainable. This starts from the starting point which is education. Various efforts implemented environmental education into the school curriculum system but the environmental problems among school students are still at an unsatisfactory level. Therefore, this study was conducted to identified the level of awareness and practice of environmental education as well as to measure the relationship between awareness and practice of environmental education among secondary school students in Kota Kinabalu. This study uses a questionnaire distributed in ten selected schools with a total of 500 respondents and data analysis was done by descriptive analysis. The results of this study found that there is no significant relationship between environmental awareness and practices on environmental culture among secondary school students in the district of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

scholarly journals A lógica da organização forçada e as improbabilidades do futuro

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-22
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Avila Colla
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Social Ethic ◽  
Civilizing Process ◽  
Interactive Nature ◽  
History Of

Resumo: Este artigo reflete sobre a lógica de organização herdada da modernidade e suas consequências nocivas ao meio ambiente. Discute como essa organização e alguns dos aspectos inerentes a ela influem na dinâmica de relações dos seres humanos e na sua conduta interativa com a natureza. Aponta diferenças entre a organização do vivo e a lógica em questão. Ao fim, defende a sensibilização ambiental e a compreensão do histórico de interações do homem com o meio como pilares fundamentais de uma nova ética/lógica social que reflita a ordem sistêmica do vivo tendo como caráter fundamental a aceitação do outro. Abstract: This article reflects on the logic of organization inherited from modernity and its harmful consequences to the environment. Discusses how the organization and some of the aspects inherent to the dynamics of relationships influence human behavior and its interactive nature. Points out differences between the organization of the living and the logic in question. At the end, advocates environmental awareness and understanding of the history of man's interactions with the environment, as pillars of a new social ethic/logic that reflects the systemic order of life as a fundamental character to the acceptance of another. Keywords:Education; Environment; Environmental Education; Environmental Ethics; Civilizing Process.

scholarly journals Navigating Environmental Education Practices to Promote Environmental Awareness and Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
Eliseo Marpa
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Outdoor Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Sound Environment ◽  
Subject Areas

Inhabitants of Planet Earth are experiencing environmental tensions brought about by the different problems plaguing the environment prompting the researcher to conduct a study on navigating environmental education practices in promoting environmental awareness and education. To answer this problem, the researcher employed a quantitative-qualitative method of research using the modified survey questionnaire from Eriko Arai and Shauna Sprules and the developed interview guide for the selected participants. Findings show that the majority is integrating environmental education, and it is evident in sciences, social studies, and values education. Integration, in this regard, was done weekly. On the other hand, activities that helped students learn about sound environment practices were lecturing, hands-on outdoor learning, and field trips that encourage the planting of trees, recycling, greening schoolyards, etc. Findings also reflected that the majority of the teachers did not discuss the different perspectives of environmental issues. When they discussed, they did not encourage students to form their views and ideas on different environmental issues. However, teachers were all eager to integrate environmental education despite barriers such as curriculum materials and teachers' competencies. Along this line, the study suggests for the development of instructional materials and training for teachers in the teaching and integration of environmental education in the different subject areas.

scholarly journals A CONSTRUÇÃO DA PERCEPÇÃO AMBIENTAL DE ESTUDANTES UNIVERSITÁRIOS BRASILEIROS

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1076
Author(s):  
Waleska Reali de Oliveira Braga ◽  
Nelson Russo de Moraes ◽  
Renato Dias Baptista ◽  
Fernando Ferrari Putti ◽  
Sérgio Silva Braga Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Environmental Perception ◽  
Enseñanza Superior ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

A Educação Ambiental, que se tornou Lei no Brasil em 1999, busca por meio da reflexão e conscientização sobre as questões socioambientais transformar os estudantes em “cidadãos ambientais”. Estudos demonstram que o nível de conscientização ambiental de cada indivíduo está diretamente relacionado ao grau de percepção ambiental e que este, reflete diretamente no comportamento ambiental do indivíduo. Por este motivo, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a construção da percepção ambiental dos estudantes universitários brasileiros. A pesquisa foi realizada junto à 5 universidades brasileiras com um total de 553 respondentes, sendo três universidades públicas e duas privadas. Para análise de dados, foi utilizada a modelagem de equações estruturais por meio do software SmartPLS 2.0 M3. O resultado indica que a percepção ambiental do universitário tem foco na reciclagem, na economia de água e energia e na redução do consumo, fora estas questões, os constructos formadores da percepção ambiental, não se mostraram efetivos para a formação da consciência ambiental.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Educação Ambiental; Percepção Ambiental; Ensino Superior; Sustentabilidade.     ABSTRACT Environmental Education, which became Law in Brazil in 1999, seeks to reflect and raise awareness about social and environmental issues to transform students into "environmental citizens". Studies show that the level of environmental awareness of each individual is directly related to the degree of environmental perception and that this, directly reflects on the environmental behavior of the individual. For this reason, the present study aimed to evaluate the construction of the environmental perception of Brazilian university students. The research was carried out in 5 Brazilian universities with a total of 553 respondents, being three public universities and two private universities. For data analysis, the modeling of structural equations using the software SmartPLS 2.0 M3 was used. The result indicates that the environmental perception of the university has a focus on recycling, water and energy saving and reduction of consumption, apart from these issues, the constructs that formed the perception of the environment, were not effective for the formation of environmental awareness.   KEYWORDS: Environmental Education, Environmental Perception, Higher Education, Sustainability.     RESUMEN La Educación Ambiental, que se convirtió en Ley en Brasil en 1999, busca por medio de la reflexión y concientización sobre las cuestiones socioambientales transformar a los estudiantes en "ciudadanos ambientales". Los estudios demuestran que el nivel de concientización ambiental de cada individuo está directamente relacionado al grado de percepción ambiental y que éste, refleja directamente en el comportamiento ambiental del individuo. Por este motivo, el presente estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar la construcción de la percepción ambiental de los estudiantes universitarios brasileños. La encuesta fue realizada junto a las 5 universidades brasileñas con un total de 553 respondedores, siendo tres universidades públicas y dos privadas. Para el análisis de datos, se utilizó el modelado de ecuaciones estructurales a través del software SmartPLS 2.0 M3. El resultado indica que la percepción ambiental del universitario tiene foco en el reciclaje, en la economía de agua y energía y en la reducción del consumo, fuera de estas cuestiones, los constructos formadores de la percepción ambiental, no se mostraron efectivos para la formación de la conciencia ambiental.   PALABRAS CLAVE: Educación Ambiental; Percepción Ambiental; Enseñanza superior; Sostenibilidad.

Ecological and ethical duty

1996 ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Dionisiy Lyahovych
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Environmental Value ◽  
The People

Ecological ethical duty is a kind of philosophical and theological reflection on environmental issues, and at the same time finding the appropriate foundation for environmental ethics. By the term "ethical duty" we mean the search for environmental value, the nature of which would have the effect of inducing the appropriate personal and social behavior and thus influenced the customs and culture of the people.

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