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Conference on environment education
Delhi based The Energy and Resources Institute is organising a regional conference on environment education from November 13-15, 2008 at TERI Gram, Gurgaon. The event hopes to raise issues concerning environmental aspects of the processes linked with education and enhance teachers’ knowledge on related issues.
| What | |
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| When |
13 November 2008
to 15 November 2008 |
| Where | Gurgaon, India |
| Contact Email | eea@teri.res.in |
| Contact Phone | +91(11) 2468 2100 |
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Delhi based TERI is organising an educator's conference on environment education November 13-15, 2008 at TERI Gram in Gurgaon.
A first of its kind, the event seeks to bring together stakeholders from school environs, NGOs, corporate world, media, and governments for wide-ranging discussions on environmental aspects of the processes linked with education.
Participating teachers will be from India and other South Asian countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Nepal.
Conference objectives
- Enhance knowledge of the teaching community on issues related to environment education and climate change and provide them with the required learning experience
- Ensure complete access to varied knowledge and resources
- Provide educators a platform to build networks with teachers in the identified region
- Enable educators to initiate hands-on activities
- Ensure that new learning is built on a foundation of the knowledge already existing in the curriculum
Who should participate?
- Teachers’ from India – urban, semi urban, and rural schools
- Teachers from the above-mentioned South Asian countries
- Various stakeholders - concerned NGOs, Youth, Government education and environment departments, corporate houses, and the media
- Students and youth groups
Conference highlights
- Focus on school curriculum
- Provide an overview of problem-based learning as a teaching strategy
- From awareness to action - bridging the gaps to address locale specific environment issues through classroom teaching
- Methods, strategies, and incentives for environment-friendly teaching and learning habits - review of successful case studies
- Field trips
- Open house: Q&A and discussions
Conference outcomes
- Knowledge on methods for developing locale-specific topic/sector-specific lesson plans
- Capacity building for implementation of action-based teaching
- Networking among educators in South Asia
- Publication and documentation of the proceedings
For further detail, please contact
Area Convenor
Environmental Education and Awareness (EEA)
The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI)
Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex
Lodhi Road
New Delhi – 110 003
Tel. +91(11) 2468 2100
Fax +91(11) 2468 2145
E-mail: eea@teri.res.in
