Identify environmental issues round your home area, which have come about as a result of environmental degradation.

LESSON 1: THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Identify environmental issues round your home area, which have come about as a result of environmental degradation.

By the end of this lesson you should be able to;

• Explain the factors that  necessitated the introduction of environmental education.
• Define the terms; environment, and environmental education.
• Describe the approaches used to teach environmental education.
• Outline and explain the goals, objectives, guiding principles, and target groups of environmental education.
• Record the main components of active learning in environmental education.
• Explain the historical development of environmental education in Kenya.