Total Environment Education.

Overview & Synopsis

Presented is a description of a K-12 interdisciplinary design for environmental education programs developed by the Division of Curriculum of the Indiana system of public instruction. The publication is designed to assist administrators and their teaching staffs in developing meaningful environmental education curricula and related activities which focus on real life experiences in the local school community. Suggestions are provided for a plan to be followed in designing a K-12 multidisciplinary program. The material is divided into seven chapters: Environmental Education - What It Is, The State Environmental Education Design, Challenge to the Environmental Education Teacher, Local School Curriculum Development and Implementation, Model Environmental Education Units, Environmental Education Instructional Objectives, and Curriculum Resources. An Indiana school district, the New Albany-Floyd County School Corporation, has implemented this curriculum design but did not have dissemination materials available at the time this publication was prepared. (PEB)