Resource Guide, Wisconsin Environmental Education Inservice Project.

Overview & Synopsis

This interdisciplinary environmental education resource guide is designed for use in the inservice preparation of teachers in environmental education. The guide is developed around nine components: (1) perceptual awareness, (2) conceptual awareness, (3) the phenomena of the natural environment, (4) the phenomena of the man-made environment, (5) aesthetic discrimination and valuing, (6) humanism, (7) fostering creative abilities and attitudes, (8) organization skills and knowledge, and (9) decision making. Nine topics are included in the guide, each topic focusing on one of the components. Each topic includes a statement of rationale, which further explains the component as related to environmental education, goals and objectives for teaching the component, the substance or content of the component that focuses on the skills or knowledge involved in understanding the importance of the component, instructional strategies (activities) for both the elementary and secondary level, and instructional resources which includes both printed and nonprinted materials. The guide also includes a definition of environmental education, and guidelines for using the guide. (TK)