European Curriculum for Methodological in the field of EE

European Curriculum for Methodological in the field of EE Pedagogy in Environmental Education

Module curriculum Educational guide Assessment guide Guide of educational and material organization Global assessment of the programme • CAPTION • Corrective measures The methodological framework Training project

THE TRAINING PROJECT PRESENTATION According to UNESCO : “The environment is not merely an object of study or a subject to be treated among others; neither is it merely the necessary constraint of development that one's hope will prove sustainable. Environmental education is therefore not a "form" of education among a plurality of other juxtaposed forms; it is not a mere "tool" with which to solve problems or to use for environmental management." Environmental education […] contributes towards the development of responsible societies.”."

THE TRAINING PROJECT Educational practices in EESD In France, the projects that are part of the EESD approach abound and come in various forms. • Following the analysis of several EESD projects, we have found that: • The projects are too theoretical and bear little relation to the outside world ; • They sometimes lead nowhere, fail to elaborate and lack educational engineering; • The teachers behind the projects lack expertise (the issue is a fashionable one, handled in haste and lacks reflection) and more importantly they lack suitable methodology; • Projects have not been assessed or received expert validation; • The projects lack dissemination.

THE TRAINING PROJECT This methodological framework includes several different documents: the curriculum, the education guide, the assessment guide, and the guide of material and educational organization. • The curriculum • It has been developed according to a global and integrated approach taking into account such factors as issues, strategies and training means. The training programme serves as a reference for the planning of teaching as well as the • preparation of didactic and assessment material. It can call on the participation of external partners in particular.

THE TRAINING PROJECT • The educational guide • This is intended for the training officers. It is a privileged support tool towards implementing the curriculum. Its main objective is to supply educational indications in view of planning the teaching strategies. In this sense, it suggests leads to help perfect teaching that is in accordance with targeted principles and objectives. It also gives suggestions of educational activities with a leaning towards environmental subjects.

THE TRAINING PROJECT • The assessment guide • This is intended for all those who are responsible for assessment within the training centres: those in charge of, and the partners of, the European Leonardo da Vinci project, principals, directors of studies, technical and educational managers, educational advisors as well as the training officers in charge of the training programme.

THE TRAINING PROJECT • The guide of educational and material organization • This is intended for those in charge of, and the partners of, the European Leonardo da Vinci project as well as the principals. It serves as support for the material and educational organization of the training programme. More specifically, it details the resources that are necessary to the logistic implementation of the programme.

THE TRAINING PROJECT General problematics - Issues • Raise the awareness of learners to environmental problematicsthrough : • a systemic approach • the opening up of subjects • horizontal and vertical coherence • local and global level

THE TRAINING PROJECT General problematics - Objectives of the curriculum • To promote awareness of the economic, social, political and ecological interdependence of environmental issues. • To give pupils an occasion to acquire knowledge, values, attitudes and skills that are necessary to protect and improve the quality of the environment. • To create new models of behaviour which are individual, collective and societal with regard to the environment. These three objectives are closely connected with the structuring of our methodology.

THE TRAINING PROJECT Method and steps towards implementing the modules • INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY • This methodology will be based on the following four characteristics: • Interdisciplinarity (the educational team) • Interactivity (active education) • The carrying out of a project (project education) • Opening up to the outside world (partnership)

THE TRAINING PROJECT Recommendations as to the setting up of these modules • Head teachers • Present-day local subjects • The module must be applicable to different types of educational aids • One module at each level of instruction • The curriculum can be adjusted to the level and affinities of the learners • Contacts should be developed in order to create an extended environmental education network. • The training officer centre must remain in contact with pilot schools

THE TRAINING PROJECT CONCLUSION • The objectives can be summarized through the following three points : • awareness raising • the acquisition of knowledge, values, attitudes and skills • the creation or strengthening of new models of behaviour at individual, group or societal level. • Its innovative methodology can be characterised through the following four points: • interdisciplinarity implemented by the educational team • interactivity of the educational approach • the use of project education • opening up to the outside world through partnership work

European Curriculum for Methodological in the field of EE