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Development of Education System

Notes 31.4 Summary

• “Environmental education is the process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts in
order to develop skills and attitude necessary to understand and appreciate the
interrelatedness among man, his culture and his bio-physical surroundings.
• It is a process of recognizing the interrelatedness among man, his cultural and biological
surroundings. It appears to be a process the equips human with awareness, skills-attitudes,
values and commitments to improve environment. It refers to the knowledge and
understanding of physical, biological, cultural and psychological environment and to perceive
its relevance for real life situation. It identifies the imbalances of environment an tries to
improve it in view of sustainable development.
• To help social groups and individuals acquire and awareness of sensitivity to the total
environment and its allied problems.
• To help social groups and individuals to gain a variety of experiences and acquire a basic
understanding of the environment and its associated problems.
• To help social groups and individuals to acquire a set of values and feeling of concern for the
environmental and the motivation for actively participating in environmental improvement
and protection.
• To help social groups and individual to acquires the skills for identifying and solving
environmental problems are the objective of environmental education.
• To provide social groups and individuals with an opportunity to be actively involved at all
levels working towards the resolution of environmental problems.
• All major natural resources in the country are in grave danger of irreparable damage.
• A society cannot survive if its natural resources are rendered unfit for use by its people.
• To protect children living in polluted regions, environmental education represents a relevant
means of prevention.
• Environmental Education must involve everyone and be lifelong, environmental education
cannot be confined to any one group in our society. It is a responsibility for everyone -
government, industry, the media, educational institutions, community groups - as well as
individuals.

31.5 Keywords

• Environmental : the natural world in which people animals and plants live
• Awareness : knowing that something exists and is important
• Attitude : the way that you think and feel about something/somebody
• Participation : the act off taking part in a activity or event
• Taxonomy : a particular system of classifying carrying then into group

31.6 Review Questions

1. What is Environmental Education? Explain?
2. What are the objectives of Environmental Education?
3. Why is the need for environmental education in schools and colleges?
4. Give the principles of environmental education.

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