(Formalized
learning process)
Education initiatives
increase knowledge, support attitudes, and develop motivation,
commitment, and skills to achieve environmental management
goals. Programs can also provide opportunities for the learner
to assess the benefit of new knowledge to personal or group
needs, and opportunities to practice applying new skills.
For more information about when
to use education, consult Essential
BEPs or one or more of the following Knowledge Areas:
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QUICK TIPS
1. Assure that your education
initiative has a clear purpose with tightly focused outcomes and
objectives.
2. Consult Essential
BEPs for tips in developing education initiatives for distance
education, for individuals, for groups, or for communities.
3. Use training to support
an initiative. For example, provide training to:
- Improve planning process skills.
- Generate and refine implementation ideas.
- Improve data gathering and analysis by citizens.
- Increase access to resources by group/coalition.
- Teach skills that group has identified as needed to accomplish
goals.
4. Implement an education strategy
that:
- Presents all points of view.
- Relates to a specific audience and their needs.
- Provide immediate, observable consequences.
- Are similar to what people already do.
- Do not require a lot of steps or training.
- Are relatively low cost in terms of time, energy, money,
materials.
5. Provide target audience
with opportunities for self-assessment and for practicing or applying
new skills.
6. Use creative approaches.
For example, a town treasure hunt for valued places.
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