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Environment Education for Sustainable Development
Rationale
UN Decade launched in 2005 implies that all countries who ratified agreed to promote Education for Sustainable Education for one decade up to 2014. Scrutinizing effort of global community for environment education since 1970’s started from production of Belgrade Charter, Agreement in Tbilizi, Agenda 21, and UN Decade, environmental education has been always key part of global effort to achieve better environment and prepare environmental friendly generation.
Climate Change gives impacts to many aspects of life facing global community to take part in any form to make the earth and its life within survive. Making people to comprehensively understand ecosystem services and their issues may make them a better appreciation and care of them. In turn, they may help to support climate change adaptation and mitigation.
There are economic goods which make people life more comfortable and much easier that come from natural ecosystem such as food, medicine, house materials, and cosmetics. In addition, ecosystem services include water and air purification; waste detoxification and decomposition; climate regulation; soil infertile regeneration; biodiversity production and maintenance which are the key for development of agriculture, medicine, industry, and many other things which support human life. These services are produced by interdependent and complex interaction of energy flows from the sun which is carried out across time. But unfortunately, these natural services, providing fundamental life-support services, have not been well appreciated. As ecosystem services have not been appreciated in market even they worth million dollars so it is hard to change people awareness for their advantages. These phenomena raise the need to educate people to make them have a better awareness and appreciation on the ecosystem services values. Hopefully this will support climate change adaptation and mitigation as they understand that it is the ecosystem services which support human life on earth.
Since 2009, the QITEP in Science has been developing whole school approaches in the promotion of environmental education. The essence of this approach is the involvement of all parties within a school which lead to their empowerment in integrating environmental education issues into all school programmes/activities. Another approach to use is integrating environment including ecosystem service issues into teaching and learning processes in all subjects particularly in science. Fortunately, it is the easiest way in promoting environmental issues including formal conservation ecosystem services issues.
Therefore this programme is an important part for improving the quality of science teaching and learning in schools with respect to ecosystem services and their support of Climate Change Education, Sustainable Development, and the preservation of our earth.
Goals
1. to share best practices in preservation activities related to ecosystem services knowledge, skills, and values and its support to climate change adaptation and mitigation;
2. to describe the science, issues and solution of ecosystem services issues in relation to its support of climate change adaptation and mitigation;
3. to integrate ecosystem service issues into science learning and their assessment;
4. to participate in educating and empowering community to conserve ecosystem services in the support of climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Learning Objectives
1. to comprehensively understand science, issues and solution of ecosystem services in support of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation at local level;
2. to comprehensively understand science, issues and solution of community development and effective communication to promote conservation of ecosystem services in support of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation at local level;
3. to integrate ecosystem services issues into lesson plan, hands on activities and learning materials;
4. to assess learning achievement in science learning for integration of ecosystem services issues;
5. to develop mass media article for community education on ecosystem services issues to support climate change adaptation and mitigation;
6. to develop school programme to integrate ecosystem service issues into school activities to support climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Course Contents
1. QITEP in Science Policy on Quality Improvement of Science Teacher and Education Personnel in SEAMEO Countries;
2. The role of Ecosystem Services to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
A brief overview of ecosystem services and the links to human wellbeing, interaction biodiversity and ecosystem services, positive and negative impacts of human activities on an ecosystem services, develops the case for the valuation of ecosystem services in policy appraisal, and the role of ecosystem services in climate change adaptation and mitigation;
3. Ecosystem services
An Introduction to ecosystem services and human life; ecosystem function; degradation of ecosystem services: causes and impact to human life; and positive action;
4. Services of Main Ecosystems: The Science, Issues and Solution
Ecosystem services and human life; ecosystem function; degradation of ecosystem services: causes and impact to human life; effort/agreement to conserve (international/regional/national level) and their support to climate change adaptation and mitigation; and positive action for main ecosystem: marine, forest and human-made ecosystem;
5. Human and Environment: A Perspective of Culture as Adaptive System
Human behaviour and environment, human adaptation including process of enculturation, tips and trick of enculturation for environmental values in school community;
6.
Field Study
Natural and Man-made Ecosystem observation;
7. Action Plan
Participants are expected to have a follow-up program that will be done in the area/ schools in their respective countries in relation to the activities of the learning process of Environmental Education at the school.
Date and Venue
The training course will be conducted on 22 - 28 May 2011. The venue of the programme is in Bandung.
Target Audience/Participant
The target participant will be 30 High School Key Teachers of Science from SEAMEO member countries.
Trainers
The training course will be supported by trainers and experts from some well known universities such as Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Education University of Indonesia (UPI), Padjajaran Universities (UNPAD), and also trainers/instructor from Science Education Development and Empowerment Centre.
Requirements
A. Participant requirements:
1. Participant is a Biology Teacher in secondary shoool;
2. Active English communication proven by minimum score of 450 for TOEFL or 5 for IELTS; and/or proven by English course certificate;
3.
Never attended any training course conducted by SEAMEO QITEP in Science before;
4. Has an ability to operate computer minimum in microsoft office;
5.
Not more than 50 years of age ;
6.
Good condition of health (proven by doctor’s recommendation);
7.
Shall not be in expectant mother condition (for female participant).
B. Course Requirements
Participant is required to bring:
1. Country report (teaching experience in environmental education in their school);
2. Environmental education text book used in participant’s school;
3.
Laptop with wi-fi connection.
C. Other requirements
All participants should also bring and submit these following requirements to the Centre:
1. Letter of official endorsement (letter of assignment) from their government/school;
2.
The form of official trip (the form and fulfilling guide are attached);
3.
Photo: 3 X 4 (2 ex).
D. Miscellaneous
- Bring traditional costume for cultural night;
- Bring the local souvenir for silent auction.
Registration has ben closed
Download
1. Medical Report form
2. Official trip Guide
3. Official trip form
email : 2011EE@qitepscience.org
fax :+62224218749
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