The Environment and Science and Technology Education
Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editors: A. V. Baez, G. W. Knamiller, J. C. Smyth
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 3 3 9 5 2 - 8
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 9 1 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 1 6 0 - 0
The Environment and Science and Technology Education covers topics on key issues in environmental education; school-based primary and secondary education; and community-based… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Environment and Science and Technology Education covers topics on key issues in environmental education; school-based primary and secondary education; and community-based environmental education. The book also discusses topics on tertiary, professional and vocational environmental education and non-formal public environmental education. The text will give practical help to teachers in all countries in order to raise standards of education in those topics essential for development.
Part I Introduction and Key Issues in Environmental Education
1 The Environment Theme at the Bangalore Conference
2 Science, Technology and the Environment
3 Environment and Education - an Indian Perspective Education, Environment and Livelihood Security
Environmental Education: the Indian Experience
A Holistic View of Human Ethics
4 Key Issues in Environmental Education
5 Education and Conservation Strategy
6 Key Environmental Issues and Formal Education
7 Environmental Studies in Pakistan
Part II School-Based Primary and Secondary Environmental Education
1 Environmental Education in Schools
2 Teaching for the Environment in Third World Schools: Some Implementation Constraints
3 Case Studies on School-Based Environmental Education
Order and Disorder in Nature: Action-Based and Interdisciplinary Environmental Education in the Natural Sciences
Children and the Environment
Some Problems and Perspectives of Environmental Education in the School
The IPST Environmental Education Project
An Environmental Education Development Project for Elementary and Secondary School Levels
Issue-Based Learning at Primary School Level
Science Education for the Environment — an Indian Case Study
Syllabuses with an Environmental Emphasis in the Caribbean
Problems of Secondary Science Curriculum Innovation in Bangladesh
Towards a Relevant Scientific Curriculum for the Environment: a Case Study from Papua New Guinea
Sustainable Development: Agriculture and Environmental Education
Issue-Based Environmental Education in Developing Countries
Teaching through the Environment in Elementary Schools in India
Agriculture for Self-Reliance
Teaching History and Environmental Protection
The Laws of Aesthetics are the Laws of Nature (Goethe)
The Resource Management Education Programme
Environmental Education Courses in Scotland: a Case Study of Theory Translated into Practice
Part III Community-Based Environmental Education and Links with Other Conference Themes
1 Highlights of the Prevailing Trends and Recommendations
2 The Place of Ethics, Humanities and the Arts in the Environmental Education of Children
3 The Use of Art, Music, History and Other Topics in Environmental Education
4 Children as Partners in Conservation
5 Special Approaches to Non-Formal Environmental Education of Children: Integrating the School and the Community
6 Environmental Education and Coexistence with Protected Wildlife
7 Public Awareness Activities in India
8 Ethics and Environment
9 Health and Environment
10 The Presence of Children at the Bangalore Conference
11 Conclusions and a Guide for Action
Part IV Tertiary, Professional and Vocational Environmental Education
1 Introduction
Environment in Technology and Engineering Education
University-Level Environmental Education
Environmental Science Education and Future Human Needs
2 Country-Based Studies
The Teaching of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences in Venezuela
Environmental Sciences in Engineering Curricula: Reflections on the Growing Interaction between the Engineer and Society in a Developing Country
The Teaching of Ecology to Students of Engineering at the National University of Lujan (Argentina)
Environmental Teaching in the School of Engineering of Buenos Aires University
Environmental Protection in Engineering Education
Environmental Education for Engineering and Technology: An Analysis of Experience in India
Science and Technology Education in Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas
Environmental Education in China
Ecological Education of Engineers in the USSR
3 An Issue-Based Approach
Education and Research Options for Addressing Social and Environmental Issues in Water Resources Planning and Management
4 Implementation Strategies
Implementation Strategies at the Tertiary Level - an Example and a Proposal
Conclusions and Recommendations
Part V Non-Formal Public Environmental Education
1 Introduction
2 An Overview of Selected Papers
Range, Opportunities and Applicability of Non-Formal Environmental Education
The Saving of the Silent Valley: a Case Study of Environmental Education in Action
AVEHI: Audiovisual Educational Resources Centre
Developing Wildlife Education Programmes in a Remote Section of Canada
Audiovisual Techniques for Conservation
Ecological Information for Non-Specialists: an International Case Study
Environmental Education and Community Involvement
Environmental Education - the Indian Experience: Non-Formal Education
The Use of Simulation Games in Environmental Education
Report of a Workshop on the Use of Games in Environmental Education
3 Emerging Directions in Non-Formal Environmental Education: Conclusions of the Environment Workshop
Index of Authors and Papers
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080339528
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483129181
- eBook ISBN: 9781483161600
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