Patanjali Mishra

Study of Eco-environmental Activities Primary & Upper Primary School: Eco-environmental in School Patanjali Mishra

Environmental education is life long process with the objectives of importing to its target group in the formal and non formal education sectors environmental awareness ecological knowledge, attitude values commitment for actions and ethical responsibilities for rational use of resources and for sound & sustainable development. Environmental education emphasis the teaching of the holistic nature of environment through interdisciplinary and problem solving approaches. The primary school is the natural place to introduce children to environmental education, since at this level they instinctively have holistic view of the environment. They have yet not been trained to compartmentalize their learning into separate subject as they will have to do in secondary & higher education. Introducing critical thinking & problem solving approaches in Environmental education especially in Primary School level, is fundamental if students are to become skillful in the identification and solution of environment problems as student and later on as adult citizen and possible decision makers.