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Planting Seeds with the Ebiil Society. Sean Stanton Tori Kleinbort. “The program’s intent is to plant seeds of knowledge that may be used later on in a child’s life to bring forth the Palauan wisdom “ llomes el reng ” – “light in the heart.” (UNESCO, Singeo,2011, p . 3). Ebiil Society.
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Planting Seeds with the Ebiil Society Sean Stanton Tori Kleinbort “The program’s intent is to plant seeds of knowledge that may be used later on in a child’s life to bring forth the Palauan wisdom “llomes el reng” – “light in the heart.” (UNESCO, Singeo,2011, p. 3)
Ebiil Society Established in 2005 Non-profit Local youth summer programming (currently ages 5-25) Focus: Conservation, Environment, Culture, History
Goals of Ebiil Society (Singeo, 2012)
Current Issues • Funding • Community buy-in • Identification of the value of environmental education • Enhancement of current curriculum …The boat is gone…
Information/Work Needed • Successful environmental education curriculum • Research Palau’s national education standards • Traditional knowledge curriculums • Traditional and biological understandings
Methods/Work Plan • Literature reviews Durham • Summer in Palau • Run data/Draft curriculum
RESULTS Literature review Nvivo analysis Write-up Promotional materials Curriculum samples