- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Published on: December 12, 2014
One approach to improving science literacy of children is to train their teachers in environmental education. Using the forest as a classroom, Project Learning Tree, now a program delivered through UC Cooperative Extension, educates teachers about the environment and provides ideas and the tools needed for integrating environmental education into their core curriculum.
The primary goal of PLT is to teach people how to think, not what to think, about complex environmental issues. This has been the vision of PLT since the mid-1970s, inspiring educators to teach and students to learn about their environment, by doing.
At the outdoor workshops, foresters demonstrate forest...
Tags: environment (5), Forest Institute for Teachers (1), Mike De Lasaux (4), Project Learning Tree (6), Sandy Derby (1)
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