Environmental Education

1)       Environmental Education – Concept, Importance and Scope 

2)       Objectives and Principles of Environmental Education. 

3)       Basic Concepts in Environmental Education 

4)       Ecology 

5)       Eco-System 

6)       Ecological Balance 

7)       Food Chain 

8)       Pollution and Pollutants 

9)       Natural Resources 

10)   Green House Effect 

11)   Bio-degradable and Non-degradable Materials. 

12)   Bio-sphere – Bio-Diversity 

13)   National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) 

14)   Environmental Orientation for School Education (EOSE) 

15)   Environmental Information System (ENVIS).  

Unit 2: Environment and Pollution

1)       Meaning of Environment. 

2)       Types of Environment 

3)       Types of Environmental Pollution 

4)       Air Pollution: Meaning, causes The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act– 1981. 

5)       Water Pollution: Meaning, causes, The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act – 1977

6)       Soil Pollution: Meaning, causes, Remedies 

7)       Sound Pollution: Meaning, causes, Remedies 

8)       Ecological Imbalances 

9)       Deforestation 

10)   Soil Erosion 

11)   Extinction of Wild life 

12)   Depletion of Ozone layer 

13)   Life and Contributions of Environmental Activists. 

14)   Mahesh Chandra Mehta 

15)   Sunderlal Bahuguna 

16)   Vandana Shiva 

17)   Maneka Gandhi 

18)   Shivaram Karanth  

Unit 3: Agencies in Environmental Education

1)       United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 

2)       International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources  (IUCN). 

3)       Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. 

4)       Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). 

5)       Centres for Environment Education (CEE). 

6)       National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board (NAEB) 

7)       Environment Protection Movements in India. 

8)       Chipko Movement 

9)       Appiko Movement 

10)   Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). 

11)   Western Ghats Protection Movement  

Unit 4: Methods of Teaching Environmental Education

1)       Direct (Specialized) Approach 

2)       Integrated (Multi-Disciplinary) Approach Incidental Approach 

3)       Co-curricular and Extra-Curricular activities. 

4)       Project Work. 

5)       Intellectual Meets–Seminars, Symposia, Workshops, Conferences,  Group Discussion, Debates, Special Lectures, Brain Storming. 

6)       Field Outreach and Extension Activities. 

7)       Eco-Clubs / Nature Clubs. 

8)       Problem Solving Activities related to Burning Ecological Problems. 

9)       Quiz, Poster Making, Models Making and Exhibitions. 

10)   Evaluation in Environmental Education 

11)   Formative Evaluation 

12)   Summative Evaluation.