Abstract
Environmental education is an area of learning which tries to interest and involve students in the major environmental issues of our day. It primarily promotes a head, heart and hand response to environmental problems, These goals are achieved through combining three approaches to environmental education involving education ABOUT, IN and FOR the environment. Each approach has its own educational objectives and pedagogical style. What these distinctive characteristics are, or what the relationship of such approaches is to the environmental education process is not always clear. Most importantly, the significance of developing a three-pronged response to environmental concerns within the school curriculum is rarely stated. This paper is an attempt to address these implicit concepts and assumptions which form the foundation of official policy documents and the basis of many environmental education materials. Finally, the paper examines the three-pronged response in practice and the need for teacher education in this area.
| Keywords: | Environmental education; Learning approach |
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