252 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- Service projects must be planned, executed and evaluated with extreme care.
Form of Environment Project Information Card
Type:
Data needed:
Person to call:
Equipment needed:
Expenses:
Age of children:
Educational value:
Length of time:
Comment:B. METHODS OF BRINGING THE ENVIRONMENT TO THE SCHOOL
- Lectures by resource persons
People as well as books are desirable sources of information and inspiration. In every
Environment no matter how small or isolated, the scores of person of rich and varied
background, who can open doors to vivid learning experiences? These include the banker,
the doctor, the engineer, the merchant, the artist, the sarpanch, the municipal commissioner
and the editor. These are Environment’s human resources, which can be utilized by the
enterprising teacher to enrich and vitalize the school programmed. These distinguished men
are resource persons who can explain to students their own important role in the Environment
and services rendered by them to Environment in the different directions. Important persons
from other towns, states and countries can also be invited to create better understanding
of different types of people. This will help students identify themselves with other people
and their problems.
Lectures by resource persons provide the students opportunities for developing social
skills in real life-situations such as letter writing, making introductions, receiving guests,
carrying on conversations, listening attentively and leading discussions.
Form of Data regarding the resource persons Name:
Address and phone:
Subject:
Has child in school- Yes/No
Class:
Comment:- Parent-teacher associations
It has been well said that people “care when they share”. Parent-teacher associations
create a constructive involvement of parents in the school policy and programmed planning,
execution and evaluation. They co-operate in making the school a real Environment centre,