Interactive Teaching and Learning through E-materials for the Environment and Sustainable Development

Nina Globovnik, Ana Vovk Korže, Jerneja Križan,  Mojca Kokot Krajnc
nina.globovnik@uni-mb.si, ana.vovk@uni-mb.si, jerneja.krizan@uni-mb.si, mojca.kokot@uni-mb.si
Univerza v Mariboru, Filozofska fakulteta, Mednarodni center za ekoremediacije

Povzetek

Okoljska zavest v Sloveniji je sorazmerno nizka in narava nas danes na različne načine vse pogosteje opozarja na naš neprimeren odnos do nje. Da imata vzgoja in izobraževanje velik vpliv na izoblikovanje posameznikovega odnosa do naravnega okolja, nam priča Ekonomsko-socialni svet Združenih narodov, ki je obdobje od leta 2005 do leta 2014 razglasil za »desetletje vzgoje in izobraževanja za trajnostni razvoj«. Gre predvsem za spodbujanje ideje trajnosti in smotrnega ravnanja z naravnimi viri (Kurikul Okoljska vzgoja, 2008). V ta namen smo na Filozofski fakulteti v Mariboru v okviru Mednarodnega centra za ekoremediacije razvili e-gradiva za okolje in trajnostni razvoj, ki so namenjena predmetom z okoljsko vsebino tako na osnovnih kot tudi srednjih šolah. S pomočjo e-gradiv bodo udeleženci izobraževalnega procesa tako imeli možnost poglabljati in razširjati svoje znanje o okoljski problematiki na inovativen način, ki zagotavlja preplet klasičnih oblik pouka z delom v skupinah, individualnim delom, delom v paru ipd., hkrati pa e-gradiva zagotavljajo tudi uporabo inovativnih metod dela, kot so npr. delo na terenu, demonstracija, aktualizacija, razgovor, delo z besedilom ipd. Z uporabo e-gradiv lahko sledimo sodobnim smernicam na področju vzgoje in izobraževanja, ki vse pogosteje poudarjajo pomen interaktivnega pouka in uporabe sodobne tehnologije pri pouku.

Ključne besede: e-gradiva, interaktivni pouk, trajnostni razvoj, izkustveno učenje.

Abstract

Environmental awareness in Slovenia is relatively low and the Nature has been warning us in many different ways about our inappropriate relationship with it. Education has a major influence in the formation of individuals’ attitudes towards the natural environment. Economic and Social Council of the United Nations declared the period from 2005 to 2014 as a "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development". It is mainly to promote ideas of Sustainability and Sound Management of Natural Resources (Environmental Education Curriculum, 2008). Up to now, the International Ecoremediation Centre, which operates under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts in Maribor, has developed e-learning materials for the Environment and Sustainable Development which are intended for school subjects with environmental content in primary as well as in secondary schools. By using e-learning materials, participants in the educational process will have the ability to deepen and extend their knowledge of environmental issues in an innovative way which provides a patchwork of traditional teaching forms by working in groups, individual work, work in pairs etc.; in addition, e-learning materials provide the use of innovative methods of work such as field work, demonstrations, updating, interview, work with text, etc. With the use of e-learning materials is possible to follow the modern trends in the field of education which increasingly stress the importance of interactive teaching and using of modern technology in the classroom.

Key words: e-learning materials, interactive lessons, sustainable development, experiential learning