Environmental Education - Montreat College - Main Campus - Montreat NC

Environmental Education from Montreat College - Main Campus - Montreat NC is a Campus Master Enviroment degree that prepares you for a Science career. As a Christ-centered institution, we seek to promote a respect for an attitude of stewardship toward the whole of creation. In order to affect change on local, regional, and global levels, faith-based communities like that at Montreat College must be engaged in the process of sound stewardship, reasoned education and problem-solving. This process must be driven both by an understanding of environmental systems and by respect and concern translated into action. Program Goals and Objectives Goal 1: Students will understand the historical development of the environmental movement and the environmental education field. Students will: Compare and contrast various environmental education definitions. Develop and state a clear personal philosophy of environmental education in connection to their worldview. Describe key historical events in the development of the environmental education field and how it impacts the field of environmental education Goal 2: Students will understand environmental systems operating on local, regional, and global scales and human impact on those systems. Students will: Describe their own ecological address - the flora, fauna, soil type, life zones, weather and other important ecological factors that characterize the environment in which they live. Compare and contrast a variety of ecosystems and life zones. Describe the flow of energy and the cycling of elements through an ecosystem. Goal 3: Students will analyze different points of view about various environmental issues to promote positive environmental change. Students will: Develop skills to understand and address contrasting points of view about environmental issues. Communicate effectively with a variety of populations that may hold differing opinions regarding environmental education issues. Demonstrate environmental literacy. Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skills. Goal 4: Students will develop theoretical understanding and practical knowledge of instructional strategies, teaching methods and curricula used in environmental education . Students will: Demonstrate a foundational knowledge of theory and praxis foundational to environmental education. Demonstrate a variety of teaching methods and instructional strategies. View more details on Montreat College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Enviroment courses.