Environment Education 🌍
(A) Objectives
- Get acquainted with the concept of environment and environment education. 🌳
- Be aware of the problem of environmental hazards and conservation of resources. 🚯
- Develop desirable sensitivity, attitude, values, and respect for the environment. 🌱
- Understand the concept of sustainable development and environment ethics. 🔄
(B) Syllabus
SECTION - A
- Environment education: Meaning, objective, need, and its importance. 📚
- Environment awareness through education, environmental pollution. 🚮
- Environmental hazards: Greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, polar melting, rising of sea level its causes and effects. 🌊
SECTION - B
- Natural Resources: Definition, classification, and conservation of natural resources, education for sustainable development. 🌿
- Environmental ethics: issues and solutions. 🌐
- Programmes of environmental education for school children. 📝
Activities (Any one of the following)
- To study environmental awareness among school students. 🎓
- To study environmental ethics among school students. 🔍
- Visit to a school having Eco-club. 🏫
(C) Books Recommended
- Burton, Ian, Robert W. Kares and Gilbert F. White (1993). The environmental as Hazard. New York: the Guildford press. 📖
- Dani, H.M. (1996). Environmental Education. Chandigarh: Punjab University Publication Bureau. 📘
- Huckle, J. & Sterling, S. (eds) (1996). Education for sustainability, London: Earthscan. 📚
- Kaur, T.N. (1999). Environmental Concerns & Strategies. New Delhi: Ashish Publication House. 📖
- Laeeq Futehally (1994). Our Environment. India: National Book Trust. 📚
- Lambert, P.R. (2000). Education for sustainable development: a new role for subject association, education in science. 📖
- Pankaj Shrivastava & D.P. Singh (2002). Environment Education. Anmol publication Pvt. Ltd. 📘
- Nanda, V.K. (1987). Environmental Education. Delhi: Anmol. 📚
- Rajagopalan, R. (2005). Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure. Delhi: OUP. 📘
📝 Previous Year Question Papers of Environment Education