Abstract
There is an increase in social issues in terms of the use of technology for environmental protection, energy, reproduction, food, ethics and morality. It is necessary to take advantage of the positive benefits of technological development and decrease its negative impact on the environment. In this regard, children must be taught appropriate responses to the environment. This should be taken as a key element of environmental education. Furthermore, environmental ethics is a core concept in environmental education for children. Environmental education seeks to teach children ethical environmental beliefs so that future citizens are environmentally aware. This paper uses a documentary analysis to show the importance and purpose of environmental education and explores the teaching methods for environmental education for children in Taiwan. The teaching methods of learning environmental awareness to children in environmental education lessons are: (1) using picture books, (2) watching eco-related films, (3) drama teaching and learning, (4) visiting environmental sites, (5) inviting experts to give presentations, (6) assigning homework that has environment-related topics, (7) cultivating critical thinking about the use of learning strategies in environmental education and (8) learning strategies that involve problem-solving.
Highlights
An increase in ecological and environmental problems has seen a focus on sustainable development over the past three decades
The third article of Taiwan’s “Environmental Education Law” defines environmental education as the use of educational methods to foster an ethical relationship between people and the environment, to enhance knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that protect the environment and which ensures that people care for the environment and take action in a civic education process for sustainable development (Liang, 2015; The Ministry of Education, 2014)
This paper reviews related works to show the importance and purpose of environmental education, and identifies teaching methods that cultivate environmental literacy in children in Taiwan so that children learn to care for the environment in which they live and lead their peer group to care for their surroundings
Summary
An increase in ecological and environmental problems has seen a focus on sustainable development over the past three decades. Teachers do not know how to teach environmental education classes to cultivate literacy in environmental ethics in children. This study reviews related work to explore the teaching methods that cultivate environmental literacy for children in Taiwan and give teachers a standard for environmental education in the classroom. It shows the importance and purpose of environmental education and teaching methods for environmental education in Taiwan. It is hoped that such an exploration can cultivate literacy in environmental ethics for children so that they can learn to care for the environment in which they live and influence their peer group to care for their surroundings so that Taiwan’s ecology is developed sustainably
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