Answer to Question #233903 in English for Elsie

Question

Explain these three factors that influence our choice of methods for environmental education/ Education for sustainable development

a. Our views on knowledge

b. Our views on learning and learners

c. Our views of education

Answer 1

Our views on knowledge emphasizes on the need to develop new ways of doing things in simple ways. it focuses on the need to acquire new information and using the existing ideas to perform things in an efficient manner with less effort. Our views on learning and learners is that the methods used should put learners in center stage and allow them to participate in decision-making. The methods should be embedded in the curriculum and they should focus on assisting learners and the learning process to acquire critical thinking skills and conflict resolution skills. Our views on education emphasizes that the education system should adopt methods that address local and global issues effectively and it should also look beyond into the future.