Summary: The newest addition to the continuing guidelines series, "Early Childhood Environmental Education Programs,"contains a set of recommendations for developing and administering high-quality environmental education programs for young children from birth to age eight, with a focus on ages three to six. Read or download the entire publication from this post.
Environmental
education in early childhood is a holistic concept that encompasses
knowledge of the natural world as well as emotions, dispositions, and
skills.
Early Childhood Environmental Education Programs: Guidelines for Excellence (NAAEE
2010), the newest addition to the continuing guidelines series,
contains a set of recommendations for developing and administering
high-quality environmental education programs for
young children from birth to age eight, with a focus on ages three to six.
These guidelines provide a tool that can be used to ensure a firm
foundation for new programs or to trigger improvements in existing ones.
The overall goal of these guidelines is to chart an appropriate and
positive process whereby educators can start young children on their
journey toward becoming environmentally responsive youth and adults.
The
guidelines identify six key characteristics of high-quality early
childhood environmental education programs. For each of these
characteristics, guidelines are then listed that early childhood
programs should follow. Finally, each guideline is accompanied by
several indicators listed under the heading “What to look for.”
The
guidelines provide direction yet offer flexibility in shaping content,
technique, and other aspects of program delivery. These guidelines can
be used to offer a way of judging the relative merit of different
programs, provide standards and benchmarks for new programs, and supply a
set of ideas about what a well-rounded early childhood environmental
education program might be like.
TO VIEW OUR WEBINAR:
Early Childhood EE Programs: Guidelines for Excellence [Presented June 26, 2012]
http://breeze.cce.cornell.edu/p4b9agurc46/
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