Environmental Education: Principles, Methods, and Applications (Environmental Science Research)

Trilochan Singh Bakshi

ISBN 10: 0306404338 / ISBN 13: 9780306404337

Published by Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1980

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A former college library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. Missing dustjacket. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Scott. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environmental Education: Principles, Methods, and Applications (Environmental Science Research)
• Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306404338
• ISBN 13: 9780306404337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The environmental movement of the 1960s made educationists in some parts of the world aware of the significance and importance of ecology in curricula at all levels of education, from kindergarten to post-secondary. A great deal of progress was made in the early 1970s in incorporating environmental awareness programs into educa tional systems go that what was once considered a fad was gradually becoming a part of formal education in a number of institutions, especially in Canada and the U.S.A. It was therefore appropriate that an international scientific body devote some time to the issue of ecology in education. Early in 1976, I suggested to the International Association for Ecology (Inteco1) that a symposium on Environmental Education be included in the program of the Second International Congress of Ecology scheduled to be held in Jerusalem in September 1978. In the first draft program of the Congress, the topic was included as a poster session. I considered this inadequate and appealed to the Congress Steering Committee to focus greater attention on environ mental education. The first draft program contained phrases like "utilization of resources," "conservation problems," "environmental moni toring," and "irreversible changes." These phrases more or less assumed that people in general understood ecological principles. Literature on environmental education seems to suggest that a wide gap separated most of the professional ecologists from a large portion of mankind primarily because we the ecologists have paid scant attention to the ecological education of world's citizens."