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When looking at the Environmental Standards of Wisconsin, what are the five essential components of environmental literacy?
Answer: Awareness, Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, and Action
Reasoning: A proficient teacher would plan for instruction by using one of the five essential components of environmental literacy. These five essential components can be connected to the environmental education concepts by drawing knowledge of the content areas of the Environmental Literacy Standards. |
How would a teacher connect concepts and use differing perspectives in environmental education?
Answer: Critical thinking and problem solving
Reasoning: Critical thinking is the ability to compare differing viewpoints. Comparing, contrasting, analyzing, and interpreting are examples of skills necessary for understanding multiple perspectives. Problem solving is the ability to understand and acknowledge a differing viewpoint, which is an integral component of conflict resolution. In order to be effective problem solvers, students need to be able to see the issue from multiple angles. When students understand that there is more than one way to solve a problem, they can look for other strategies. |
How can an environmental science teacher encourage their students to develop a better understanding of a certain content area and engage students in using critical thinking and collaborative problem solving?
Answer: The teacher can plan to have his or her students work in groups and share their thoughts about the topic that is being presented to the class.
Reasoning: A proficient teacher would demonstrate an instructional strategy by engaging students in group work. |
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Even if you do not have time to teach an environmental education lesson, what learning model could be implemented into an interdisciplinary lesson to weave in environmental education concepts?
Answer: 5E Learning Cycle / Model
Reasoning: A proficient teacher would plan for instruction by using the 5E learning model to engage students in cross-disciplinary learning, and helping them to draw knowledge from different content areas and connecting their learning to the outside world. The 5E learning cycle can be used to tie in environmental education concepts into an interdisciplinary subject. |
Why does teaching students about local or global issues help them be more involved in the world and to help with the issues?
Answer: Allowing students the opportunity to be creative, collaborative, and teach them to use critical thinking skills.
Reasoning: Connecting concepts will help to activate prior knowledge and using different perspectives will incorporate all learners. Allowing students to be creative can help them dive into their own understanding and help build on the foundation of knowledge. Working collaboratively will allow the chance for students to learn from each other. |
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Why is environmental literacy important to a teacher in terms of relating its content to meet the needs of all students in a classroom?
Answer: To detect any gaps in their environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavior.
Reasoning: A proficient teacher would demonstrate planning for instruction by planning instruction that supports every student in terms of strengths, needs and interests in meeting various learning goals and drawing knowledge from different content areas. When looking at the Relating the Academic Standards to All Standards it is important to prepare for all different types of students/learners that are inside the classroom. |
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